In 1983, this was catalogued as aspectroscopic binary star system with components classed B9V and B9.5V.[5] However, a 2012 survey by R. Chini et al found the star to have a constantradial velocity.[12] There is a companion star at anangular separation of 5.7 arcseconds that shares acommon proper motion with the primary. It is anA-type main-sequence star with a visual magnitude of 9.5.[5] This system is among the 100 strongeststellar X-ray sources within 163 light-years (50 parsecs) of the Sun. It is emitting an X-ray luminosity of1.2×1030erg·s−1. The source for this X-ray emission is unknown.[15]
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