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Pi Persei (π Per) is a star in the constellation Perseus. It also has the traditional name Gorgonea Secunda.
Pi Persei has an apparent magnitude of +4.7 and spectral class A2V. The star is about 310 light years from Earth.
In Chinese astronomy, Gorgonea Secunda is called 積屍, Pinyin: Jīshī, meaning Heap of Corpses, because this star is marking itself and stand alone in Heap of Corpses asterism, Stomach mansion (see : Chinese constellation). 積屍 (Jīshī), westernized into Tseih She, and the meaning is "the Piled-up Corpses". R.H. Allen misidentified Tseih She as β Persei (Algol).
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