 The Catalogue of Components of Double and Multiple Stars also lists a single companion, but it is an 11th magnitude star 29" away.The Hipparcos parallax is negative with a large margin of error, so does not constrain the distance except that it is clearly large However, V520 Per is a well-defined member of NGC 869 by location, proper motion, photometry, and spectroscopy, which places it at the same distance of around 7,000 light years.The type of variability is listed in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars as IA, indicating it is poorly studied with no clear period.