Star profile

Epsilon Sculptor

3D likeness based on its real data · class F · ~6,500 K

What is Epsilon Sculptor

Epsilon Sculptoris lives in the quiet Sculptor, another constellation born from Lacaille's eighteenth-century workshop, dedicated to the artist's tools. It is a yellow-white F-type star some 92 light-years away, a relatively close neighbor whose warm glow contrasts with the stellar poverty of its surroundings. In that region of the sky, where the south galactic pole rises, its calm light marks one of the few visible points of the Sculptor.

Where it is and when to see it

Epsilon Sculptor lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is October, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it culminates about 13° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 24° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 81° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 65° N.

It ranks no. 10 in brightness among the 33 stars of Sculptor in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Sculptor, the brightest: it lies about 11° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 92 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Epsilon Sculptor

Constellation: Sculptor
Apparent magnitude: 5.29
Distance: 91.7 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 26.411° · Dec -25.053°
Catalogue: HIP 8209 · HD 10830

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Other stars in Sculptor

Sculptor has 33 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 33 stars in Sculptor