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Louis de
Lacaille in the 18th century. He
originally named it
Apparatus Sculptoris (the sculptor's studio), but the name was
later shortened. The region...
- A
luminous supersoft X-ray
source (SSXS, or SSS) is an
astronomical source that
emits only low
energy (i.e., soft) X-rays. Soft X-rays have
energies in...
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Burin among French speakers,
latinized in his
catalogue of 1763 as
Caelum Sculptoris (“Engraver's Chisel”).
Francis Baily shortened this name to Caelum, as...
- BW
Sculptoris is WZ Sge-type
dwarf nova and a
candidate period bouncer. The
binary consists of a
white dwarf and a
brown dwarf donor that
orbits the white...
- The
Bayer designation Lambda Sculptoris (λ Scl, λ
Sculptoris) is
shared by two star systems, λ1
Sculptoris and λ2
Sculptoris, in the
constellation Sculptor...
- R
Sculptoris is a
variable star
system in the
southern constellation of Sculptor.
Parallax measurements provide a
distance estimate of
approximately 1...
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Alpha Sculptoris,
Latinized from α
Sculptoris, is the
Bayer designation for a blue-white star in the
southern constellation of Sculptor. It has an apparent...
- (B1950) near β
Comae Berenices, and the
south galactic pole is near α
Sculptoris.
Because of this high inclination,
depending on the time of
night and...
- The
Bayer designation Kappa Sculptoris (κ Scl, κ
Sculptoris) is
shared by two star systems, κ¹
Sculptoris and κ²
Sculptoris, in the
constellation Sculptor...
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Epsilon Sculptoris (ε Scl, ε
Sculptoris) is a
binary star in the
constellation Sculptor. It is
approximately 91.7
light years from Earth. The primary...
