參旗六是一顆光譜類型 F6 V 的主序星,自1943年起它的光譜就是該型恆星的標準光譜[12]。它的質量是太陽的124%[6],半徑比太陽大32%,並且光度幾乎是太陽的3倍[7]。它的外層氣體有效溫度是6,516 K[7],因此屬於黃白色的F-型主序星。參旗六很可能是單一恆星,天球上與它接近的另一顆恆星是光學雙星[13]。
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^1 Ori -- Variable Star, SIMBAD Astronomical Object Database (Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg), [2011-01-07], (原始内容存档于2016-03-12)