Pi Aquarii or Seat (π Aqr, π Aquarii) is a star

Star

A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...

 in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

 Aquarius

Aquarius (constellation)

Aquarius is a constellation of the zodiac, situated between Capricornus and Pisces. Its name is Latin for "water-bearer" or "cup-bearer", and its symbol is , a representation of water....

. The name Seat is shared with Delta Aquarii

Delta Aquarii

Delta Aquarii is the third-brightest star in the constellation Aquarius. It has the traditional name Skat, which has also been used for Beta Pegasi....

, where it has long been misspelled Skat. It may be from the Arabic word ši'at "a wish".

In Chinese

Chinese language

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, , meaning Tomb

Rooftop (Chinese constellation)

The Rooftop mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise.- Asterisms :...

, refers to an asterism consisting of π Aquarii, γ Aquarii

Gamma Aquarii

Gamma Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. It has the traditional name Sadachbia, from an Arabic expression سعد الأخبية sa‘d al-’axbiyah "luck of the homes " in Hindu system it is also called Sadhabhisk in devnagari, sadhayam in tamil.In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al...

, ζ Aquarii

Zeta Aquarii

Zeta Aquarii is a binary star, the central star in the "water jar" asterism in the constellation Aquarius. It is approximately 103 light years from Earth....

, η Aquarii

Eta Aquarii

Eta Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. This star sometimes called with the name Hydria, from the Greek word ‘υδρια , meaning "water jar"...

. Consequently, π Aquarii itself is known as

In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al Achsasi al Mouakket

Al Achsasi al Mouakket

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, this star was designated Wasat al Achbiya (وسط ألأجبية - wasath al ahbiyah), which was translated into Latin

Latin

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 as Media Tabernaculorum, meaning the middle of luck of the homes (tents).. This star, along with γ Aqr

Gamma Aquarii

Gamma Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. It has the traditional name Sadachbia, from an Arabic expression سعد الأخبية sa‘d al-’axbiyah "luck of the homes " in Hindu system it is also called Sadhabhisk in devnagari, sadhayam in tamil.In the catalogue of stars in the Calendarium of Al...

 (Sadachbia), ζ Aqr

Zeta Aquarii

Zeta Aquarii is a binary star, the central star in the "water jar" asterism in the constellation Aquarius. It is approximately 103 light years from Earth....

 (Sadaltager / Achr al Achbiya) and η Aqr

Eta Aquarii

Eta Aquarii is a star in the constellation Aquarius. This star sometimes called with the name Hydria, from the Greek word ‘υδρια , meaning "water jar"...

 (Hydria), were al Aḣbiyah (الأخبية), the Tent.

Pi Aquarii is a blue-white B-type

Stellar classification

In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...

 main sequence dwarf

Main sequence

The main sequence is a continuous and distinctive band of stars that appears on plots of stellar color versus brightness. These color-magnitude plots are known as Hertzsprung–Russell diagrams after their co-developers, Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Russell...

 with a mean apparent magnitude

Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...

 of +4.57. It is approximately 1100 light years

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 from Earth. It is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable star

Variable star

A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth...

and its brightness varies from magnitude +4.45 to +4.71 (a range of 0.28).