| Identification Data |
| Common Name | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Star Name | 56 Cet |
| Skymap Number | 1560096 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 11930 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 565 |
| SAO Number | 167416 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-23 721 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 244461 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 1h 56m 40.198s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -22° 31' 36.426" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0083s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00449 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.030266 |
| Radial Velocity | +026.7km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00818s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00085s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.806574 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.450179 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.383115 |
| Galactic Longitude | 199.21° |
Galactic Latitude
| -74.52°
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| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 4.90 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.003 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 6.34 |
| Observed B-V Colour | +1.435 |
| Observed B Magnitude or (B-V) Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.004 |
| Observed U Magnitude | |
| Observed U-B Colour | |
| Observed U Magnitude or (U-B) Magnitude Uncertainty | |
| Observed Photovisual Magnitude | 4.5 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | K4III |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | K5 |
| Position Angle | |
| Year of Observation | AD |
