| Identification Data | 
| Common Name |  | 
| Constellation | Crux | 
| Star Name | eta Cru | 
| Skymap Number | 12060106 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 105211 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 4616 | 
| SAO Number | 251742 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CP-63 2145 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
  | 12069-6437
  | 
| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 359197 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 12h 6m 52.899s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -64° 36' 49.428" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0055s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00533 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.037566 | 
| Radial Velocity | +009.0km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.05079s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00051s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | -0.428525 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.012871 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.903438 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 298.18° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | -2.15°
  | 
| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 4.14 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 4.49 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | +0.348 | 
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.003 | 
| Observed U Magnitude |  | 
| Observed U-B Colour |  | 
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty |  | 
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 3.8 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 4.6 | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | F2III | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | F0 | 
| Position Angle | 299 | 
| Year of Observation | 1918. AD |