This is a double star and possible binary system.[10] The primary component has a stellar classification of G2 Ib/II,[3] which places it on the borderline between the bright giant and lower luminosity supergiant stars. It has passed the first dredge-up and may be undergoing Cepheid-like pulsations.[4] With more than four times the mass of the Sun,[5] this is an evolved star that has reached its current stage after only 135 million years.[5] It has expanded to around 51–88[11] times the Sun's radius and is radiating 447–fold[5] the luminosity of the Sun. This energy is being emitted from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 5,478 K,[6] giving it the golden-hued glow of a G-type star.[12] It is a suspected variable star.[13]
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^ abcHouk, N.; Smith-Moore, M. (1988). "Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars. Volume 4, Declinations -26°.0 to -12°.0". Michigan Catalogue of Two-dimensional Spectral Types for the HD Stars. Volume 4. Bibcode:1988mcts.book.....H.
^ abcdefUsenko, I. A.; et al. (November 2015), "Spectroscopic studies of four southern-hemisphere G-K supergiants: HD 192876 (α1 Cap), HD 194215 (HR 7801), HD 206834 (c Cap), and HD 222574 (104 Aqr)", Astronomy Letters, 41 (11): 660–676, Bibcode:2015AstL...41..660U, doi:10.1134/S1063773715110067, S2CID124555577.
^ abLuck, R. E.; Bond, H. E. (October 1980), "The chemical compositions of 26 distant late-type supergiants and the metallicity gradient in the galactic disk", Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, 241: 218–228, Bibcode:1980ApJ...241..218L, doi:10.1086/158334.
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^Demartino, Robert; et al. (April 1996), "Accurate Positions Of Suspected Variable Stars Near The South Galactic Pole", Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 4322: 1, Bibcode:1996IBVS.4322....1D.