| Identification Data | 
| Common Name |  | 
| Constellation | Columba | 
| Star Name | xi  Col | 
| Skymap Number | 5550091 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 40176 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 2087 | 
| SAO Number | 196316 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-37 2487 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 282042 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 5h 55m 29.917s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -37° 7' 14.404" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0062s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00306 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.024166 | 
| Radial Velocity | +059.5km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00993s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00051s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.015660 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.797212 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.603496 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 243.07° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | -26.53°
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| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 4.96 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 6.06 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | +1.095 | 
| 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 | 4.8 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude |  | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | K1III | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | K0 | 
| Position Angle |  | 
| Year of Observation |  AD |