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Sculptor is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. It represents a sculptor. It was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century. He originally named it Apparatus Sculptoris (the sculptor's studio), but the name was later shortened. | Sculptor is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. It represents a sculptor. It was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century. He originally named it Apparatus Sculptoris (the sculptor's studio), but the name was later shortened. | ||
Sculptor is a small constellation bordered by [[Aquarius]] and [[Cetus]] to the north, [[Fornax]] to the east, [[Phoenix]] to the south,[[Grus]] to the southwest, and [[Piscis Austrinus]] to the west. The bright star [[Fomalhaut]] is nearby. ( See [[Four Royal Stars]]). The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1922, is 'Scl'.[2] The official constellation boundaries, as set by Eugène Delporte in 1930, are defined by a polygon of 6 segments. In the equatorial coordinate system, the right ascension coordinates of these borders lie between 23h 06.4m and 01h 45.5m, while the declination coordinates are between −24.80° and −39.37° | |||