get Category info

	$category = get_category( $cat_IDcatParID);
	echo $category->name;
	echo $name;
	echo $category->cat_ID;

$thisCat = get_category(get_query_var('cat'),false);

print_r($thisCat);

produces;

stdClass Object
(
    [term_id] => 85
    [name] => Category Name
    [slug] => category-name
    [term_group] => 0
    [term_taxonomy_id] => 85
    [taxonomy] => category
    [description] => 
    [parent] => 70
    [count] => 0
    [cat_ID] => 85
    [category_count] => 0
    [category_description] => 
    [cat_name] => Category Name
    [category_nicename] => category-name
    [category_parent] => 70
)