 This object is located at a distance of approximately 1,600 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but it is drifting closer with a radial velocity of −13.5 km/s.This is a Classical Cepheid, or Delta Cephei variable, that ranges in brightness from visual magnitude 6.40 down to 7.23 with a period of 5.82575 days.It is a supergiant star with a stellar classification that varies over each pulsation cycle, giving it a class range of F6-G2Ib-II.