| Identification Data | 
| Common Name | Alniyat | 
| Constellation | Scorpius | 
| Star Name | 23tau Sco | 
| Skymap Number | 16350164 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 149438 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 6165 | 
| SAO Number | 184481 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-2711015 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 265701 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 16h 35m 52.953s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -28° 12' 57.658" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0091s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | -0.00065 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.022566 | 
| Radial Velocity | +002.0km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00759s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00078s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.316205 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.822482 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.472797 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 351.54° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | 12.81°
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| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 2.83 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 2.62 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | -0.207 | 
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 | 
| Observed U Magnitude |  | 
| Observed U-B Colour |  | 
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty |  | 
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 2.9 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 2.7 | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | B0V | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | B0 | 
| Position Angle |  | 
| Year of Observation |  AD |