Sculptor (The Sculptor)

Faint southern constellation facing the south galactic pole.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Lacaille created it around 1752 as Apparatus Sculptoris, the sculptor's workshop.
• It faces the south galactic pole, so its skies are unusually empty and ideal for seeing distant galaxies.
• The Sculptor Dwarf, one of the Milky Way's faintest satellite galaxies, was the first dwarf spheroidal ever found.

Specifications & Metrics

• BRIGHTEST STAR: α Sculptoris
• HEMISPHERE: Southern
• BEST VIEWED: October