Sculptor is a minor southern constellation which was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. He originally named it after a sculptor's studio, but the name was later shortened.

Sculptor contains the south galactic pole.

It also contains the Sculptor System (the Sculptor Dwarf), a dwarf galaxy which is a member of the Local Group; and the Sculptor Group^*, the group of galaxies closest to the Local Group.

Mythology

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As it was introduced during the 17th century, there is no mythology associated with it.

Notable and named stars

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• SX Arietis type variable star

• α² CVn type variable star

• has a planet

BD	Star Names and other designations	Mag.	Ly away	Comments
α	Alpha Sculptoris	4.30	680
β	Beta Sculptoris	4.38	178
γ	Gamma Sculptoris	4.41	179
δ	Delta Sculptoris	4.59	143
η	Eta Sculptoris	4.86	548
ε	Epsilon Sculptoris	5.29	89.5
ζ	Zeta Sculptoris	5.04	510
ι	Iota Sculptoris	5.18	311
θ	Theta Sculptoris	5.24	71.1
π	Pi Sculptoris	5.25	217
μ	Mu Sculptoris	5.30	291
κ²	Kappa-2 Sculptoris	5.41	581
κ¹	Kappa-1 Sculptoris	5.42	224
σ	Sigma Sculptoris	5.50	227
ξ	Xi Sculptoris	5.59	628
τ	Tau Sculptoris	5.69	202
λ²	Lambda-2 Sculptoris	5.90	372
λ¹	Lambda-1 Sculptoris	6.05	432
	HD 4208	7.79	107

Source: The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed., The Hipparcos Catalogue, ESA SP-1200

See also

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External links

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Sculptor constellation

Escultor (constel·lació) | Sochař (souhvězdí) | Billedhuggerværkstedet | Bildhauer (Sternbild) | Sculpteur (constellation) | 조각가자리 | Sculptor (astronomia) | פסל (מקצוע) | Sculptor (sidus) | Skulptorius (astronomija) | Szobrász (csillagkép) | Beeldhouwer (sterrenbeeld) | ちょうこくしつ座 | Bilethoggaren | Rzeźbiarz (gwiazdozbiór) | Sculptor | Скульптор (созвездие) | Súhvezdie Sochár | Bildhuggaren | กลุ่มดาวช่างแกะสลัก | 玉夫座