Constellation Sculptor

Properties

Sculptor is located south of Deneb Kaitos of the constellation Cetus and east of Formalhaut of the constellation Piscis Austrinus. It is inconspicuous and consists only of stars just under 4.5th size class. The area covered by the constellation in the sky is 475 square degrees and the center culminates around midnight on September 27th. ^{[9, 15]}

Data for constellation Sculptor ^[150]
IAU Name	Sculptor
IAU Genitive	Sculptoris
IAU Abbr.	Scl
English Name	Sculptor
Season (47° N)	August … December
Right Ascension	23^h 06^m 43^s … 01^h 45^m 50^s
Declination	-39° 22' 21" … -24° 48' 15"
Area	475 deg²
Neighbours (N↻)	Cet, Aqr, PsA, Gru, Phe, For

Deep-Sky Object Descriptions

Silver Dollar
NGC 253

NGC 288

History

Sculptor is one of the nondescript, almost forgotten constellations introduced by Lacaille in 1752. Its original name was L'atelier du Sculpteur (the sculptor's studio). Why it should remind of this remains unclear. ^[7]

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) ^[154]
HR	B	RA [hms]	Dec [dms]	vMag	spType	dMag	Sep ["]
13		00 08 03.5	-33 31 46	5.68	K1III
24	κ¹	00 09 21.0	-27 59 16	5.42	F2V	0.2	1.4
34	κ²	00 11 34.4	-27 47 59	5.41	K5III	13.8	46.0
35	θ	00 11 44.0	-35 07 59	5.25	F4V
84	ι	00 21 31.2	-28 58 54	5.18	G5III
105	η	00 27 55.7	-33 00 26	4.81	M4III
185	λ¹	00 42 42.9	-38 27 48	6.06	A0V	0.3	0.6
195	λ²	00 44 12.1	-38 25 18	5.90	K1III
280	α	00 58 36.4	-29 21 27	4.31	B7IIIp
288	ξ	01 01 18.3	-38 55 00	5.59	K0III
293	σ	01 02 26.4	-31 33 07	5.50	A2V
462	τ	01 36 08.4	-29 54 27	5.69	F2V	1.1	0.9
497	π	01 42 08.6	-32 19 37	5.25	K0III
514	ε	01 45 38.8	-25 03 09	5.31	F1V	3.2	4.9
8863	γ	23 18 49.4	-32 31 55	4.41	K1III
8937	β	23 32 58.3	-37 49 06	4.37	B9.5IVpHgMnEu
8975	μ	23 40 38.2	-32 04 23	5.31	K1III
9016	δ	23 48 55.6	-28 07 49	4.57	A0V	4.5	74.3
9091	ζ	00 02 19.9	-29 43 13	5.01	B4III	8.0	3.

Revised+Historic NGC/IC, Version 22/9, © Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Globular Clusters
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 288	00 52 45.5	-26 35 51	X		8.1	13	globular, B, L, lE, st 12…16	ESO 474-SC37, GCL 2
Galaxies
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 7	00 08 20.7	-29 54 59	SBc	14.4	13.9	2.2 × 0.5	eF, cL, mE, vgvlbM	ESO 409-22, MCG -5-1-37, AM 0005-301
NGC 10	00 08 34.3	-33 51 28	SBbc	13.3	12.5	2.4 × 1.2	F, cL, vlE, glbM	ESO 349-32, MCG -6-1-24, AM 0006-340, IRAS 00060-3408
NGC 24	00 09 56.1	-24 57 52	Sc	12.2	11.6	5.8 × 1.3	vF, cL, mE, gbM	ESO 472-16, MCG -4-1-18, UGCA 2, AM 0007-251, IRAS 00073-2514
NGC 55	00 15 08.0	-39 13 10	SBm	8.4	7.9	31.2 × 5.9	vB, vL, vmE, triN	ESO 293-50, MCG -7-1-13
NGC 101	00 23 54.5	-32 32 11	SBc	13.4	12.8	2.1 × 2	pB, pL, lE, * 14 f	ESO 350-14, MCG -5-2-3, IRAS 00214-3248
NGC 115	00 26 46.0	-33 40 34	SBbc	13.9	13.1	1.9 × 0.9	vF, pL, lE, D * 2' np	ESO 350-17, MCG -6-2-6
NGC 131	00 29 38.1	-33 15 37	SBb	13.8	13.2	1.8 × 0.6	F, pL, pmE, vgbM, p of 2	ESO 350-21, MCG -6-2-10, IRAS 00271-3332
NGC 134	00 30 21.8	-33 14 42	SBbc	11.2	10.4	8.4 × 1.8	vB, L, vmE 47°, psbM, f of 2, * 10 np 45"	ESO 350-23, MCG -6-2-12, AM 0027-333, IRAS 00278-3331
NGC 148	00 34 15.4	-31 47 10	S0	13.1	12.2	2 × 0.8	vB, S, lE 90°, smbM * 11	ESO 410-20, MCG -5-2-17, AM 0031-320
NGC 150	00 34 15.7	-27 48 18	SBb	12.0	11.4	3.9 × 1.9	pF, pS, R	ESO 410-19, MCG -5-2-18, UGCA 7, AM 0031-280, IRAS 00317-2804
NGC 174	00 36 58.8	-29 28 40	SB0-a	13.8	12.9	1.4 × 0.6	eF, S, vlE, am B st	ESO 411-1, MCG -5-2-28, AM 0034-294, IRAS 00345-2945
NGC 253	00 47 33.1	-25 17 15	SBc	8.0	7.2	29 × 6.8	!! vvB, vvL, vmE 54°, gbM	ESO 474-29, MCG -4-3-9, UGCA 13, Sculptor galaxy, Silver Dollar
NGC 254	00 47 27.5	-31 25 19	SB0	12.6	11.7	2.6 × 1.7	vB, pS, lE, smbM, * 8 nf 5'	ESO 411-15, MCG -5-3-5, AM 0045-314
NGC 264	00 48 20.9	-38 14 04	S0	14.5	13.5	1.1 × 0.3	F, S, R, vsm bM * 13	ESO 295-6, MCG -7-2-16
NGC 289	00 52 42.1	-31 12 20	SBbc	11.7	11.0	5.1 × 3.6	vB, L, pmE, gbM, * 11 np	ESO 411-25, MCG -5-3-10, VV 484, AM 0050-312, IRAS 00502-3128
NGC 300	00 54 53.3	-37 41 03	Scd	8.7	8.1	19 × 12.9	pB, vL, vmiE, vgpmbM	ESO 295-20, MCG -6-3-5, AM 0052-375, IRAS 00528-3758
NGC 314	00 56 52.4	-31 57 47	SB0	14.3	13.4	0.9 × 0.8	eF, vS, R, pB * f 2'	ESO 411-32, MCG -5-3-15, IRAS 00544-3214
NGC 334	00 58 49.8	-35 06 56	SBb	14.4	13.6	1.2 × 0.6	vF, S, R, glbM, 2 st 11 s	ESO 351-26, MCG -6-3-12, IRAS 00564-3523
NGC 365	01 04 18.6	-35 07 20	SBbc	14.2	13.4	1 × 0.6	F, S, R, glbM	ESO 352-1, MCG -6-3-17, IRAS 01019-3523
NGC 378	01 06 12.0	-30 10 41	SBc	13.8	13.1	1.5 × 1.1	vF, S, R, gbM	ESO 412-5, MCG -5-3-24, AM 0103-302, IRAS 01038-3026
NGC 409	01 09 33.2	-35 48 20	E2	14.0	13.0	1.3 × 1.1	eF, S, R, vS * nr	ESO 352-12, MCG -6-3-23
NGC 415	01 10 05.5	-35 29 25	SBb	14.2	13.4	1.5 × 0.8	vF, S, R, glbM	ESO 352-14, MCG -6-3-24, IRAS 01077-3545
NGC 418	01 10 35.6	-30 13 16	SBc	13.1	12.6	2 × 1.7	F, pL, R, vglbM, p of 2	ESO 412-9, MCG -5-4-2, AM 0108-302, IRAS 01082-3029
NGC 423	01 11 22.1	-29 14 04	S0-a	14.4	13.5	1 × 0.4	eF, S, E, glbM, f of 2	ESO 412-11, MCG -5-4-4, IRAS 01090-2929
NGC 424	01 11 27.6	-38 05 01	SB0-a	13.8	12.9	2.3 × 0.8	vF, S, R, glbM	ESO 296-4, MCG -6-3-26, AM 0109-382
NGC 427	01 12 19.2	-32 03 40	SBa	14.9	14.0	1 × 0.6	3 vS st with neby (?)	ESO 412-14, MCG -5-4-7
NGC 438	01 13 34.3	-37 54 05	SBb	13.6	12.8	1.4 × 1.1	pF, S, R, glbM	ESO 296-7, MCG -6-3-29, IRAS 01112-3810
NGC 439	01 13 47.2	-31 44 50	E/SB0	12.5	11.5	2.5 × 1.5	pB, S, R, gbM	ESO 412-18, MCG -5-4-15, AM 0111-320
NGC 441	01 13 51.1	-31 47 20	SB0-a	13.6	12.7	1.4 × 1.1	pF, S, R, gbM	ESO 412-19, MCG -5-4-16
NGC 461	01 17 20.3	-33 50 28	SBc	14.0	13.3	1.2 × 0.9	pB, R, glbM (? 1° wrong)	ESO 352-33, MCG -6-4-2, AM 0115-340, IRAS 01150-3406
NGC 491	01 21 20.2	-34 03 49	SBb	13.2	12.5	1.4 × 1	B, S, vlE, bM, vS * nr	ESO 352-53, MCG -6-4-11, IRAS 01190-3419
NGC 491 A	01 20 05.0	-33 54 02	SBd	14.3	13.8	1.9 × 0.8	B, S, vlE, bM, vS * nr	ESO 352-46, MCG -6-4-8, AM 0117-340, PGC 4809
NGC 526 A	01 23 54.3	-35 03 56	E	14.4	13.4	1.2 × 0.6	F, S, lE, p of 2	ESO 352-66, MCG -6-4-19, AM 0121-351
NGC 526 B	01 23 56.9	-35 04 09	E	14.0	13.0	0.8 × 0.4	F, S, lE, p of 2	ESO 352-66, MCG -6-4-20, AM 0121-351
NGC 527	01 23 58.0	-35 06 55	SB0-a	13.9	13.0	1.6 × 0.3	F, S, lE, bM, f of 2	ESO 352-68, MCG -6-4-21, PGC 5141
NGC 527 A	01 23 59.1	-35 07 41	S?	15.1	14.3	0.6 × 0.1	F, S, lE, bM, f of 2	MCG -6-4-22
NGC 534	01 24 44.5	-38 07 44	SB0	14.3	13.3	1 × 0.9	eeF, S, R, vgbM, 1st of 4	ESO 296-21, MCG -6-4-26
NGC 544	01 25 11.8	-38 05 40	E/SB0	14.3	13.3	1.5 × 1.1	eeF, S, R, vgbM, 2nd of 4	ESO 296-24, MCG -6-4-28, AM 0122-381
NGC 546	01 25 12.6	-38 04 09	SBb	14.5	13.7	1.4 × 0.5	eeF, S, R, vgbM, 3rd of 4	ESO 296-25, MCG -6-4-29, AM 0122-381, IRAS 01229-3819
NGC 549	01 25 07.0	-38 00 26	Sa	15.5	14.6	0.5 × 0.4	eeF, S, R, vgbM, 4th of 4	ESO 296-22
NGC 568	01 27 56.9	-35 43 03	E-S0	13.6	12.6	2.2 × 1.3	vF, S, R	IC 1709, ESO 353-3, MCG -6-4-37
NGC 572	01 28 36.4	-39 18 26	SB0	15.0	14.0	0.8 × 0.7	eF, S, att to S , B nr	ESO 296-31, MCG -7-4-9
NGC 574	01 29 03.1	-35 35 55	SBb	14.1	13.3	1.1 × 0.7	vS, D * pos 225° inv	ESO 353-6, MCG -6-4-39, IRAS 01268-3551
NGC 597	01 32 14.9	-33 29 49	SBbc	14.0	13.2	1.4 × 1.3	F, S, R, bM	ESO 353-11, MCG -6-4-44, IRAS 01299-3345
NGC 612	01 33 57.7	-36 29 35	S0-a	13.9	12.9	1.5 × 0.9	F, vS, R, * 12 p	ESO 353-15, MCG -6-4-46, AM 0131-364, IRAS 01317-3644
NGC 613	01 34 18.4	-29 25 07	SBbc	10.7	10.1	5.5 × 4.2	vB, vL, vmE 118°, sbM, * 10 nf	ESO 413-11, MCG -5-4-44, VV 824, AM 0132-294, IRAS 01319-2940
NGC 619	01 34 51.7	-36 29 22	SBb	14.1	13.3	1.5 × 1	eeF, vS, R, p of 2	ESO 353-21, MCG -6-4-51, AM 0132-364
NGC 623	01 35 06.5	-36 29 24	E3	13.6	12.5	2 × 1.5	F, S, R, f of 2	ESO 353-23, MCG -6-4-52
NGC 626	01 35 11.9	-39 08 46	SBc	13.4	12.7	2.2 × 1.7	pF, S, R, bM	ESO 297-6, MCG -7-4-18
NGC 630	01 35 36.6	-39 21 28	E-S0	12.9	11.9	1.6 × 1.4	pF, S, R, bM	ESO 297-9, MCG -7-4-20, AM 0133-393
NGC 633	01 36 23.3	-37 19 15	SBb	13.6	12.8	1.4 × 1.2	pB, S, R, gbM, ** np	ESO 297-11, MCG -6-4-56, AM 0134-373, IRAS 01341-3734
NGC 639	01 38 59.1	-29 55 30	Sa	14.7	14.1	1 × 0.2	vF, vS, p of 2	ESO 413-13, MCG -5-5-2, IRAS 01367-3010
NGC 642	01 39 06.2	-29 54 55	SBc	13.0	12.3	2 × 1.1	vF, pS, R, gbM, * f, nr, f of 2	ESO 413-14, MCG -5-5-3, VV 419, AM 0136-301
NGC 7484	23 07 04.9	-36 16 22	E1	12.8	11.8	1.8 × 1.7	pB, S, R, lbM, * 8·9 att s	ESO 407-6, MCG -6-50-26
NGC 7507	23 12 07.5	-28 32 19	E0	11.4	10.4	2.8 × 2.7	pB, cS, R, psvmbM, * 10 np	ESO 469-19, MCG -5-54-22, AM 2309-284
NGC 7513	23 13 13.7	-28 21 29	SBb/P	11.4	10.6	3.2 × 2.1	vF, pL, E, gbM	ESO 469-22, MCG -5-54-23, UGCA 437, AM 2310-283, IRAS 23105-2837
NGC 7636	23 22 33.1	-29 16 51	S0	14.6	13.6	0.9 × 0.6	eF, S, R, sbM	ESO 470-2, MCG -5-55-5
NGC 7645	23 23 47.4	-29 23 17	SBc	13.6	12.9	1.5 × 1.2	vF, S, R, glbM	ESO 470-3, MCG -5-55-7
NGC 7713	23 36 15.3	-37 56 20	SBcd	11.5	11.2	4.5 × 1.8	pB, L, E, vgbM	ESO 347-28, MCG -6-51-13, AM 2333-381
NGC 7713 A	23 37 08.7	-37 42 54	SBc	13.0	12.5	1.8 × 1.4	pB, L, E, vgbM	ESO 347-30, MCG -6-51-10, AM 2334-375
NGC 7749	23 45 47.5	-29 31 04	S0	13.8	12.8	1.6 × 1.1	vF, S, R, gmbM, * 12 f	ESO 471-9, MCG -5-56-3
NGC 7755	23 47 51.9	-30 31 25	SBc	12.6	11.9	3.8 × 2.8	B, cL, R, psmbM	ESO 471-20, MCG -5-56-14, UGCA 443, AM 2345-304, IRAS 23452-3048
NGC 7793	23 57 49.2	-32 35 30	Scd	9.6	9.1	9.3 × 6.3	Like a comet (1850)	ESO 349-12, MCG -6-1-9, AM 2355-325, IRAS 23552-3252
NGC 7812	00 02 54.2	-34 14 09	Sb	14.0	13.2	1.1 × 0.7	vF, S, R, am st	ESO 349-21, MCG -6-1-16, IRAS 00003-3431
IC 1531	00 09 35.5	-32 16 36	SB0	13.4	12.4	1.8 × 1.4	vF, vS, R, D * n	ESO 349-35, MCG -5-1-38
IC 1553	00 32 40.0	-25 36 32	S?	14.5	13.6	1.2 × 0.3	vF, vmE 10°	ESO 473-26, MCG -4-2-17, IRAS 00301-2553
IC 1555	00 34 32.8	-30 01 03	Scd	14.4	13.7	1.3 × 0.9	eeF, S, R, 2 st p in line	ESO 410-21, MCG -5-2-19, AM 0032-301
IC 1558	00 35 47.1	-25 22 28	SBm	12.6	12.2	3.3 × 2.4	E 160°, * n, perhaps spir	ESO 474-2, MCG -4-2-24, UGCA 8, DDO 225
IC 1576	00 44 13.8	-25 06 33	Sbc	15.5	14.7	0.7 × 0.4	vF, vS, cE 135°, bet 2 st	ESO 474-20, MCG -4-2-45
IC 1578	00 44 25.8	-25 04 35	Sbc	15.3	14.5	0.8 × 0.3	vF, vS, vmE	ESO 474-21, MCG -4-3-1, IRAS 00419-2521
IC 1579	00 45 32.2	-26 33 52	SBbc	14.9	14.1	0.9 × 0.6	eF, eS, cE 15°, gbM	ESO 474-22, MCG -5-3-2
IC 1581	00 45 46.4	-25 55 10	Sbc	16.2	15.4	0.9 × 0.2	eF, eS, E 45°, gbM	ESO 474-23
IC 1608	00 59 24.2	-34 19 47	S0-a	13.3	12.4	2 × 0.9	pB, pS, R, 2 st nf, 2 np	ESO 351-27, MCG -6-3-13
IC 1616	01 04 56.1	-27 25 44	SBbc	13.4	12.6	1.6 × 1.4	eF, pS, 3 st in line nr	ESO 412-4, MCG -5-3-22, AM 0102-274, IRAS 01025-2741
IC 1628	01 08 47.5	-28 34 56	E-S0/P	13.5	12.5	1.1 × 1.1	cB, pS, R, 3 st 8 nr	ESO 412-7, MCG -5-3-27, AM 0106-285
IC 1637	01 11 01.2	-30 26 19	SBc	13.5	12.8	1.7 × 1.3	eF, S, R, susp	ESO 412-10, MCG -5-4-3, AM 0108-304, IRAS 01086-3042
IC 1657	01 14 06.8	-32 39 02	SBbc	13.2	12.4	2.4 × 0.6	eF, S, vmE	IC 1663, ESO 352-24, MCG -6-3-30, AM 0111-325, IRAS 01117-3254
IC 1719	01 37 35.8	-33 55 27	S0	13.6	12.6	1.6 × 1.2	vF, S, R, cF * nr nf	ESO 353-27, MCG -6-4-59
IC 1720	01 40 21.4	-28 54 50	Sbc	13.7	12.9	1.5 × 1.1	eF, eS, R, B * p	ESO 413-19, MCG -5-5-8, IRAS 01380-2909
IC 1722	01 43 02.7	-34 11 17	SBbc	14.7	13.9	1.5 × 0.5	F, S, cE 45°	ESO 353-34, MCG -6-4-67
IC 1724	01 43 09.5	-34 14 32	S0-a	13.8	12.9	1.3 × 0.5	F, S, cE 175°	ESO 353-35, MCG -6-4-68
IC 5289	23 11 17.2	-32 27 05	RN2	14.4	13.4	1.1 × 0.8	S Cl, st eF, in neb	ESO 407-8, MCG -5-54-20, AM 2308-324, IRAS 23085-3243, Pos of bright knot
IC 5326	23 29 35.2	-28 49 53	Sbc	14.7	13.9	1 × 0.4	eeF, S, mE, * 8 p	ESO 470-11, MCG -5-55-15
IC 5332	23 34 27.4	-36 06 05	SBcd	11.2	10.5	8.9 × 8.2	eeF, vL, bet 2 st, D * p 45s	ESO 408-9, MCG -6-51-12
IC 5349	23 46 22.8	-28 00 18	S0	15.2	14.2	0.9 × 0.2	vF, vS, vmE 200°, ? neb D *	ESO 471-11, MCG -5-56-5, DRCG 54-80
IC 5350	23 47 14.7	-27 57 29	E-S0	14.4	13.5	0.9 × 0.9	eeF, eS, R, * 9 nr f	ESO 471-14, MCG -5-56-9, DRCG 54-77
IC 5353	23 47 28.6	-28 06 32	E-S0	13.9	13.0	1.5 × 1	eF, S, R, * 6 f	ESO 471-17, MCG -5-56-10, AM 2344-282, DRCG 54-56
IC 5354 1	23 47 28.4	-28 08 09	E5	15.0	14.0	0.6 × 0.3	eeF, S, R	ESO 471-16, MCG -5-56-11, DRCG 54-58, double system
IC 5354 2	23 47 29.7	-28 08 01	S0-a	16.0	15.1	0.3 × 0.2	eeF, S, R	DRCG 54-57
IC 5358 1	23 47 45.1	-28 08 29	E6	13.6	12.5	2.6 × 1.1	eF, pS, bi-N 20"	ESO 471-19, MCG -5-56-13, DRCG 54-42
IC 5358 2	23 47 43.3	-28 08 37	E-S0	15.5	14.5	0.4 × 0.2	eF, pS, bi-N 20"	DRCG 54-43
IC 5362	23 51 36.8	-28 21 55	S0	13.8	12.8	1.3 × 1.3	eeF, pS, * 8 sf	IC 5363, ESO 471-26, MCG -5-56-23, DRCG 55-24
IC 5364 1	23 56 25.2	-29 01 25	S0-a	14.2	13.3	0.7 × 0.7	vF, pS, R, * 8 sf	ESO 471-47A, MCG -5-1-8, AM 2353-291
IC 5364 2	23 56 24.0	-29 01 25	S/P	16.4	15.6	0.7 × 0.4	vF, pS, R, * 8 sf	ESO 471-47, MCG -5-1-7, AM 2353-291

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