| Identification Data | 
| Common Name |  | 
| Constellation | Octans | 
| Star Name | xi  Oct | 
| Skymap Number | 22500037 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 215573 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 8663 | 
| SAO Number | 258946 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CP-80 1055 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 378777 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 22h 50m 22.814s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -80° 7' 25.844" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0054s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00783 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.012866 | 
| Radial Velocity | +016.0km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00735s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00047s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.163666 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | -0.051305 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.985181 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 309.03° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | -35.53°
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| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 5.32 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 5.19 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | -0.128 | 
| 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 | 5.6 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | 5.4 | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | B6IV | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | B5 | 
| Position Angle |  | 
| Year of Observation |  AD |