Pi Andromedae is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Its Bayer designation is latinized from ÃÂ Andromedae, and abbreviated Pi And or ÃÂ And, respectively. With an apparent visual magnitude of 4.4, it is visible to the naked eye. Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately from Earth.
The pair is classified as a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf, with an apparent magnitude of +4.34. It is a spectroscopic binary with an orbital period of 143.5 days and an eccentricity of 0.54.
The spectroscopic binary forms a triple system with BD+32 102, a magnitude 8.6 star located 35.9 arcseconds away. At 55 arcseconds separation is an 11th magnitude companion that is just located on the same line of sight, but at a very different distance from us.
In Chinese, (), meaning Legs (asterism), refers to an asterism consisting of àAndromedae, ÷ Andromedae, 65 Piscium, ö Andromedae, õ Andromedae, ô Andromedae, ý Andromedae, ü Andromedae, ò Andromedae, àPiscium, àPiscium, 91 Piscium, àPiscium, àPiscium, àPiscium and ÃÂù Piscium. Consequently, the Chinese name for àAndromedae itself is (, .)