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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Pi Cassiopeiae
Flamsteed Number	20 Cassiopeiae
HR (BSC)	184
HD	4058
Constellation	Cassiopeia
Right Ascension	0h 43m 28s
Declination	+47° 1' 28"
Distance	175 light years 54 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +4.96 Absolute: -1.31
Spectral Class	A5V white main sequence star
Optimum Visibility	October (Usually visible from northern latitudes)

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A dwarf star belonging to the white, A-type spectral class. It lies very close to Cassiopeia's southern border, and is just over 5° north of the Andromeda Galaxy. Subtle variations in its brightness shown that it is in fact a binary star with components so close that their gravitational fields are stretching one other into ellipsoidal forms.

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