Sculptor

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English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. Originally called Apparātus Scūlptoris, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin for "sculptor's apparatus" but later shortened.

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Sculptor

  1. (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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