 The star has an estimated four times the mass of the Sun.It radiates 472 times the solar luminosity from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 9,916 K.

"θ Columbae", Latinised to "Theta Columbae", is the star's Bayer designation.Early Arab poets referred to a number of anonymous stars as الفرود "al-furūd", "the solitary ones".