this star is classified with a spectral type of a9/f0iii, corresponding to a giant of type a or f. with an estimated radius of 2.7 times the solar radius, it is shining with 19 times the solar luminosity at an effective temperature of 7,280 k. the astrometric observations by the hipparcos spacecraft detected a significant acceleration in the proper motion of az phoenicis, indicating it is an astrometric binary.