 The nebula is located about 1.23 kiloparsecs (3.79×1019 m) or about 4,000 light years from the Sun.HD 62166 has an exceptionally high surface temperature of about 200,000 kelvins and a luminosity 1,100 times that of the Sun.This dense star, with an estimated 0.6 solar mass and 0.028 solar radius, has an apparent magnitude of 17.5.