Sculptor

English name Sculptor

Major
stars No star of the constellation exceeds the magnitude 3,5.

Description Very weak constellation of the southern hemisphere, to the south of Cetus and Aquarius: its brightest stars are of fourth magnitude.
NGC 253 Sculptor contains a pair of remarkable galaxies, visible with small telescopes: firstly NGC 253 (here on the left), near the border with Cetus, a beautiful foreshortened spiral galaxy of seventh magnitude; secondly NGC 55, on the border with Phoenix, a spiral galaxy of eighth magnitude which is almost in profile.

Mythology
and history The constellation was drawn by Nicolas Louis de La Caille in 1756. It represents a sculptor table, with a marble head, a chisel and a mallet: at first its name was Apparatus Sculptoris.

English name	Sculptor

Major stars	No star of the constellation exceeds the magnitude 3,5.

Description	Very weak constellation of the southern hemisphere, to the south of Cetus and Aquarius: its brightest stars are of fourth magnitude. Sculptor contains a pair of remarkable galaxies, visible with small telescopes: firstly NGC 253 (here on the left), near the border with Cetus, a beautiful foreshortened spiral galaxy of seventh magnitude; secondly NGC 55, on the border with Phoenix, a spiral galaxy of eighth magnitude which is almost in profile.

Mythology and history	The constellation was drawn by Nicolas Louis de La Caille in 1756. It represents a sculptor table, with a marble head, a chisel and a mallet: at first its name was Apparatus Sculptoris.

Sculptor

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