The binary components of this system were first measured by S. W. Burnham in 1878 and it was given the discovery code BU 612.[12] The pair are orbiting each other with a period of 22.46 years with an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.545. The primary component is magnitude 6.35, with the secondary slightly fainter at magnitude 6.47.[3]
A third star, 3.5″ away, is a 12th-magnitude common-proper-motion companion. Any orbit would take over a thousand years.[11]
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