Editing Sculptor (constellation) (section)

==Characteristics==
[[File:Constellation Sculptor.jpg|thumb|left|The constellation of Sculptor can be seen with the naked eye.]]

Sculptor is a small constellation bordered by [[Aquarius (constellation)|Aquarius]] and [[Cetus]] to the north, [[Fornax]] to the east, [[Phoenix (constellation)|Phoenix]] to the south, [[Grus (constellation)|Grus]] to the southwest, and [[Piscis Austrinus]] to the west. The bright star [[Fomalhaut]] is nearby.<ref name=klepesta>{{cite book|last=Klepešta|first=Josef|author2=Rükl, Antonín|title=Constellations|publisher=Hamlyn|year=1974|orig-date=1969|pages=[https://archive.org/details/constellationsco0000klep/page/234 234–35]|isbn=0-600-00893-2|url=https://archive.org/details/constellationsco0000klep/page/234}}</ref> The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the [[International Astronomical Union]] in 1922, is "Scl".<ref name=pa30_469>{{cite journal | last=Russell | first=Henry Norris |author-link=Henry Norris Russell | title=The new international symbols for the constellations | journal=Popular Astronomy | volume=30 | page=469 | bibcode=1922PA.....30..469R | year=1922 }}</ref> The official constellation boundaries, as set by Belgian astronomer [[Eugène Joseph Delporte|Eugène Delporte]] in 1930,{{efn|1=Delporte had proposed standardising the constellation boundaries to the International Astronomical Union, who had agreed and gave him the lead role<ref name=ridpathconstbnd>{{cite web| url=http://www.ianridpath.com/boundaries.html | title=Constellation boundaries: How the modern constellation outlines came to be| work= Star Tales |author=Ridpath, Ian |author-link=Ian Ridpath|publisher=self-published | access-date= 1 June 2016}}</ref>}} are defined by a polygon of 6 segments. In the [[equatorial coordinate system]], the [[right ascension]] coordinates of these borders lie between {{RA|23|06.4}} and {{RA|01|45.5}}, while the [[declination]] coordinates are between −24.80° and −39.37°.<ref name=boundary>{{Cite web | title=The Constellations: Sculptor, constellation boundary |website=[[International Astronomical Union]] | url=https://www.iau.org/public/constellations/#scl | access-date=4 December 2016 }}</ref> The whole constellation is visible to observers south of latitude [[50th parallel north|50°N]].{{efn|1=While parts of the constellation technically rise above the horizon to observers between 50°N and [[65th parallel north|65°N]], stars within a few degrees of the horizon are to all intents and purposes unobservable.<ref name=ridpathconst>{{cite web| url=http://www.ianridpath.com/constellations1.html | title=Constellations| work= Star Tales |author=Ridpath, Ian |author-link=Ian Ridpath|publisher=self-published | access-date= 1 June 2016}}</ref>}}

[[File:Gentle Giant Galaxy (iotw2332a).jpg|thumb|left|In the constellation Sculptor lies this large extended spiral galaxy called NGC 289. Despite being around 75 million light-years away, the light of NGC 289 is stunningly captured here by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam).]]