The visible component is an aging giant star with a stellar classification of K3IIIa Ba0.5,[3] where the suffix notation indicates this is a mild barium star. The atmosphere of this star is enriched with s-process elements that are posited to have been transferred from what is now a white dwarf companion when it evolved along the asymptotic giant branch (AGB).[7] Alternatively, this star may itself be on the AGB.[8]
^ 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.
^Mennessier, M. O.; et al. (October 1997), "Barium stars, galactic populations and evolution", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 326: 722–730, Bibcode:1997A&A...326..722M.