 Zeta Persei is a confirmed member of the Perseus OB2 association (Per OB2), also called the Zeta Persei association, which is a moving group of stars that includes 17 massive, high luminosity members with spectral types of O or B, giving them a blue hue.These stars have a similar trajectory through space, suggesting they originated in the same molecular cloud and are about the same age.Some sources, including Starry Night (planetarium software), an atlas, and a web site attribute the name 'Atik' to Zeta Persei instead of nearby Omicron Persei.