This is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K4.5III.[5] It is a suspected variable star of unknown type, with an I-band brightness ranging from 3.29 down to 3.44 magnitude.[12] Hipparcos photometry revealed a microvariability with a frequency of 0.17017 cycles per day and an amplitude of 0.0080.[2] With the supply of hydrogen exhausted at its core, it has expanded and now has 48[8] times the Sun's girth. The star is radiating 492[8] times the luminosity of the Sun from its swollen photosphere at an effective temperature of 3,930 K.[8]
References
^"/ftp/cats/more/HIP/cdroms/cats", Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg, Strasbourg astronomical Data Center, retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ abcdDucati, J. R. (2002). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: Catalogue of Stellar Photometry in Johnson's 11-color system". CDS/ADC Collection of Electronic Catalogues. 2237. Bibcode:2002yCat.2237....0D.
^ abKeenan, Philip C.; McNeil, Raymond C. (1989). "The Perkins catalog of revised MK types for the cooler stars". Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 71: 245. Bibcode:1989ApJS...71..245K. doi:10.1086/191373.