Sculptor, The Sculptor is one of the 18 constellations listed by the 18th-century French astronomer Nicolas-
Sculptor - Scl - Sculptoris
Louis de Lacaille and remains one of the 88 modern constellations.
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Sculptor is bordered by Aquarius and Cetus to the north, Fornax to the east, Phoenix to the south, Grus to the southwest, and Piscis Austrinus to the west.
Sculptor contains one of the closest galaxy groups, the Sculptor Galaxy or NGC 253 is being the brightest of the group.
Sculptor Wall[]
This cropped image of the universe shows a red line, the Sculptor Wall alongside many bright galaxies that are also plotted throughout the map.
A supercluster is a large group of smaller galaxy clusters or galaxy groups; it is among the largest known structures of the universe.
The Sculptor Wall itself is a superstructure of galaxies relatively near to the Milky Way Galaxy.
Stars in Sculptor[]
Globular Clusters[]
Galaxies[]
- NGC 253 (Sculptor Galaxy)
- NGC 300
- NGC 55
- NGC 7793
- NGC 134
- NGC 24
- NGC 613
- 2MASX J00482185-2507365
- PGC 3589
Galaxy Clusters[]
- Abell 2744
- Abell 2667
This is a map of galaxy clusters catalogued under The Abell catalog of rich clusters of galaxies. These galaxy clusters belong to the Sculptor Wall.
