| Identification Data |
| Common Name | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Star Name | 42 Cet |
| Skymap Number | 1190127 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 8036 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 385 |
| SAO Number | 129235 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | BD-01 171 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
| 01198-0029
|
| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 174879 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 1h 19m 48.295s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -0° 30' 32.503" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0130s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00036 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.013967 |
| Radial Velocity | +014.0km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00827s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00128s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.939946 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.341207 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.008884 |
| Galactic Longitude | 138.47° |
Galactic Latitude
| -62.52°
|
| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 6.25 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.013 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 7.09 |
| Observed B-V Colour | +0.838 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.018 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 6.4 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | G8III+A7V |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | F5 |
| Position Angle | 15 |
| Year of Observation | 1992. AD |
