[4] The star is a member of the red clump, which means it is undergoing core helium fusion.

[9] At an apparent magnitude of 3.7,[2] it is the second brightest star in the constellation Pisces, between Eta and Alpha.

[citation needed] This suggests it is a visitor from another part of the Milky Way Galaxy; in astronomical terms, it will quickly leave the vicinity of the Sun.

Its metallicity is only one-fourth that of the Sun, and visitors from outside the thin disk that composes the Milky Way tend to be metal-poor.

Consequently, the Chinese name for γ Piscium itself is 霹靂二 (Pī Lì èr, English: the Second Star of Thunderbolt.