| Identification Data |
| Common Name | |
| Constellation | Cetus |
| Star Name | 78nu Cet |
| Skymap Number | 2350123 |
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 16161 |
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 754 |
| SAO Number | 110635 |
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | BD+04 418 |
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
| 02359+0536
|
| Positional Data |
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 145738 |
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 2h 35m 52.472s |
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | +5° 35' 35.687" |
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0118s |
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | -0.00194 |
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.022866 |
| Radial Velocity | +005.0km s-1 |
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00877s |
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00111s |
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.773789 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.625901 |
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | 0.097466 |
| Galactic Longitude | 164.49° |
Galactic Latitude
| -48.67°
|
| Observational Data |
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 4.88 |
| Derived Visual Magnitude | |
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 |
| Observed B Magnitude | 5.76 |
| Observed B-V Colour | +0.875 |
| 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 | 5.0 |
| Observed Photographic Magnitude | |
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | G8III |
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | G5 |
| Position Angle | 80 |
| Year of Observation | 1972. AD |