HD 23005's newest spectral class is F1 IVnn, which indicates that it is an evolved F-type subgiant with very broad absorption features due to rapid rotation. It has 1.69 times the mass of the Sun and an enlarged radius of . It radiates 10.9 times the luminosity of the Sun from its photosphere at an effective temperature of . HD 23005 has an iron abundance 141% that of the Sun's and is estimated to be 1.1 billion years old. Contrary to its suffix, the star spins modestly with a projected rotational velocity of . A 2016 variable star survey identified HD 23005 as a candidate γ Doradus variable.
