| Identification Data | 
| Common Name |  | 
| Constellation | Columba | 
| Star Name | eta Col | 
| Skymap Number | 5590022 | 
| Henry Draper (HD) Number | 40808 | 
| Harvard Revised (HR) Number | 2120 | 
| SAO Number | 217650 | 
| Durchmusterung (DM) Number | CD-42 2266 | 
Washington Double Stars (WDS) Number
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| Positional Data | 
| Position and Proper Motion (PPM) Number | 310277 | 
| Right Ascension (RA) J2000 | 5h 59m 8.805s | 
| Declination (Dec) J2000 | -42° 48' 54.488" | 
| Position Uncertainty | 0.0060s | 
| Proper Motion in RA (J2000)/cos(Dec) | +0.00168 | 
| Proper Motion in Dec (J2000) | -0.011566 | 
| Radial Velocity | +017.0km s-1 | 
| Trigonometric Parallax | +0.00614s | 
| Trigonometric Parallax Uncertainty | 0.00052s | 
| GCI Unit Vector in X (J2000) | 0.002731 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Y (J2000) | 0.733545 | 
| GCI Unit Vector in Z (J2000) | -0.679635 | 
| Galactic Longitude | 249.46° | 
Galactic Latitude
  | -27.23°
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| Observational Data | 
| Observed Visual Magnitude (V) | 3.94 | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude |  | 
| Derived Visual Magnitude or Observed Visual Magnitude Uncertainty | 0.002 | 
| Observed B Magnitude | 5.08 | 
| Observed B-V Colour | +1.144 | 
| 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 | 4.0 | 
| Observed Photographic Magnitude |  | 
| Morgan Keenan (MK) Spectral Type | K0III | 
| One-Dimensional Spectral Class | K0 | 
| Position Angle |  | 
| Year of Observation |  AD |