Although invisible to the naked eye, it is otherwise a well-known and interesting binary star. It lies 43' south of δ Cephei. To resolve the primary component with a brightness of 9.8 mag and its companion with a brightness of 11.3 mag, a minimum of a 120 mm telescope and high magnification will be needed, as they are separated by 2.4 arcseconds. It is located at a distance of only 13.1 light-years, making it one of our closest binary stars. The orbital period of these red dwarfs is only 44.5 years. Their average distance is 1.4 billion km, which is equivalent to the distance between the Sun and Saturn. The mass of the primary star represents about 0.25 times the mass of the Sun, and the mass of its companion is even only 0.15 times the mass of the Sun, with their luminosity being even smaller.