Sculptor
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See also: sculptor
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.
Proper noun[edit]
Sculptor
- (astronomy) A dim spring constellation of the southern sky. It lies between Aquarius and Phoenix and lies in the direction of the southern pole of the Milky Way.
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constellation
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