As character names:

U+002A ASTERISK character (*)

As raw characters:

*

As a string of HTML entities:

*

Decoder output:

Byte number 1 is decimal 42, hex 0x2A, octal \052, binary 00101010

U+002A	ASTERISK
	= star (on phone keypads)
	x (arabic five pointed star - 066D)
	x (low asterisk - 204E)
	x (asterisk operator - 2217)
	x (sextile - 26B9)
	x (heavy asterisk - 2731)