Sculptor

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Sculptor star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Lacaille in the 1750s.

Etymology and History

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Lacaille on "Sculptor" (1752)


Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

  • Scl in Lacaille (1756)

    Scl in Lacaille (1756)

  • Scl in Bode (1782,1805)

    Scl in Bode (1782,1805)

  • Sculptor in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

    Sculptor in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

  • Scl in Goldbach (1799)

    Scl in Goldbach (1799)

Mythology

Weblinks

References

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