| Identification Data | 
| Common Name |  | 
| Constellation | Sculptor | 
| Star Name | tau Scl | 
| Skymap Number | 1360015 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 9906 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 462 | 
| SAO Number | 193201 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-30  540 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
  | 01361-2954
  | 
| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 244126 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 1h 36m 8.509s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -29° 54' 26.341" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0104s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00920 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | +0.048067 | 
| Radial Velocity | +005.0km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.01613s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00097s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.791673 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.353063 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.498598 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 231.34° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | -79.80°
  | 
| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 5.70 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.006 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 6.04 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | +0.344 | 
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.008 | 
| Observed U Magnitude |  | 
| Observed U-B Colour |  | 
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty |  | 
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 5.7 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude |  | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | F2V | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | F0 | 
| Position Angle | 154 | 
| Year of Observation | 1991. AD |