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    R Sculptoris is a variable star system in the southern constellation of Sculptor. Parallax measurements provide a distance estimate of approximately 1...
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    Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century. He originally named it Apparatus Sculptoris (the sculptor's studio), but the name was later shortened. The region...
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    Alpha Sculptoris, Latinized from α Sculptoris, is the Bayer designation for a blue-white star in the southern constellation of Sculptor. It has an apparent...
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    Caelum (redirect from Caela Sculptoris)
    Burin among French speakers, latinized in his catalogue of 1763 as Caelum Sculptoris (“Engraver's Chisel”). Francis Baily shortened this name to Caelum, as...
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    S2CID 118337277. Garrison, R. F. (1994). "A Hierarchy of Standards for the MK Process" (PDF). In Corbally, C. J.; Gray, R. O.; Garrison, R. F. (eds.). The MK...
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    Epsilon Sculptoris (ε Scl, ε Sculptoris) is a binary star in the constellation Sculptor. It is approximately 91.7 light years from Earth. The primary...
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    interplanetary dust particles: F R = L ⊙ Q P R A 4 π r 2 c , {\displaystyle F_{R}={{L_{\odot }Q_{PR}A} \over {4\pi r^{2}c}},} where L ⊙ {\displaystyle...
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    Gamma Sculptoris, Latinized from γ Sculptoris, is a single, orange-hued star in the constellation Sculptor. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 17...
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    is suspected that BW Sculptoris already passed this minimum and that the orbital period will increase in the future. BW Sculptoris experienced a superoutburst...
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  • Xi Sculptoris, Latinized from ξ Sculptoris, is a solitary orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Sculptor, near the southern constellation...
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