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
	* can have five or six spokes
	x (arabic five pointed star - 066D)
	x (reference mark - 203B)
	x (asterism - 2042)
	x (low asterisk - 204E)
	x (two asterisks aligned vertically - 2051)
	x (combining asterisk above - 20F0)
	x (asterisk operator - 2217)
	x (sextile - 26B9)
	x (heavy asterisk - 2731)
	x (slavonic asterisk - A673)
	x (medium six spoked asterisk - 1F7B6)