Constellation
The constellation Sculptor
Scl
Sculptor gathers 33 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Sculptor, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around September.
Sculptor in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 33
- Brightest star
- Alpha Sculptor
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- September
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Theta Sculptor
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 4.30
Declination from -39° to -25°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
69 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Sculptor
The 33 stars of Sculptor catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Alpha Sculptor4.30
- Beta Sculptor4.38
- Gamma Sculptor4.41
- Delta Sculptor4.59
- Eta Sculptor4.86
- Zeta Sculptor5.04
- Iota Sculptor5.18
- Theta Sculptor5.24
- Pi Sculptor5.25
- Epsilon Sculptor5.29
- Mu Sculptor5.30
- Kappa 2 Sculptor5.41
- Kappa 1 Sculptor5.42
- HIP 72135.49
- Sigma Sculptor5.50
- HIP 26615.55
- HIP 1182775.59
- Xi Sculptor5.59
- HIP 1142545.60
- HIP 1153125.65
- HIP 12885.66
- HIP 6555.67
- Tau Sculptor5.69
- HIP 79415.70
- HIP 71185.79
- HIP 65025.84
- HIP 1143665.88
- Lambda 2 Sculptor5.90
- HIP 70165.92
- HIP 10965.94
- HIP 76435.94
- HIP 56615.95
- HIP 21595.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.