List of stars in Sculptor explained

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Sculptor, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B	Var	HD	HIP	RA	Dec	vis. mag.	abs. mag.	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class	Notes
	α		5737	4577			4.30	−2.27	672	B7IIIp	SX Ari variable
	β		221507	116231			4.38	0.69	178	B9.5IVMNpe.	suspected α^2 CVn variable,
	γ		219784	115102			4.41	0.72	179	K1III	variable star,
	δ		223352	117452			4.59	1.37	143	A0V
	η		2429	2210			4.86	−1.27	548	M2/M3III	semiregular variable,
	ζ		224990	183			5.04	−0.93	509	B4V
	ι		1737	1708			5.18	0.29	310	K0III
	θ		739	950			5.24	3.55	71	F3/F5V
	π		10537	7955			5.25	1.13	217	K1II/III
	ε		10830	8209			5.29	3.10	89	F2IV	suspected variable
	μ		222433	116820			5.30	0.55	291	K0III	suspected variable,
	κ^2		720	930			5.41	−0.85	581	K2III
	κ^1		493	761			5.42	1.24	224	F3V
			9525	7213			5.49	0.94	265	K1/K2III
	σ		6178	4852			5.50	1.29	227	A1/A2IV	α^2 CVn variable
			3059	2661			5.55	−0.37	497	K1III
	ξ		6055	4770			5.59	−0.83	628	K1III
		BU	224630	118277			5.59	−1.56	879	K5III	slow irregular variable
			218434	114254			5.60	0.89	285	G8III
			220096	115312			5.65	0.63	329	G5IV	suspected variable
			1187	1288			5.66	0.08	427	K2III
			344	655			5.67	0.67	325	K1III
	τ		9906	7463			5.69	1.73	202	F2V
			10538	7941			5.70	0.85	304	A0V
		R	8879	6759			5.72		1545	C	semiregular variable
			9377	7118			5.79	0.95	304	K0III
			8498	6502			5.84	−1.34	888	M0III	variable star,
			218619	114366			5.88	−0.73	685	K2III
	λ^2		4211	3456			5.90	0.61	372	K1III
			9228	7016			5.92	0.25	444	K2III
			942	1096			5.94	−1.52	1012	K5III	suspected variable,
			10142	7643			5.94	0.96	323	K0III
		AI	7312	5661			5.95	1.62	239	A9IV: (+F/G)	δ Sct variable,
			2363	2159			5.99	−0.58	671	K0III
	λ^1		4065	3356			6.05	0.44	432	B9.5V
		AL	224113	117931			6.09	−1.41	1032	B6/B7	Algol variable,
			5445	4363			6.11	−2.67	1863	M1/M2III	variable star,
			9742	7361			6.11	0.85	368	K0/K1III	suspected variable
			943	1099			6.14	−0.73	771	K4III
			1089	1195			6.17	−0.61	739	K3III
			10481	7886			6.20	3.09	137	F3/F5IV/V
		S	1115	1236			6.20		1100	M7/M8IIIe	Mira variable,
			222872	117107			6.23	2.07	222	F3/F5V
			219580	114969			6.24	−0.99	911	M1/M2III	suspected variable
			224350	118076			6.26	−1.62	1226	K3III	suspected variable
			6269	4932			6.28	1.03	365	G8IIICN...
			220929	115833			6.34	−0.14	644	K2III
			223991	117860			6.34	1.51	301	A2V+...
			219912	115178			6.35	0.13	572	K2III
			9151	6971			6.37	0.09	588	K1III
			225200	345			6.38	0.83	421	A1V
			3074	2663			6.41	3.62	118	F8/G0V
			3605	3056			6.43	−0.32	729	K4III
			6403	5042			6.44	0.44	517	K0III
			223466	117510			6.44	1.02	396	A3V
			219823	115121			6.49	−0.31	748	K5III
		AV	1909	1830			6.56		563	B9IVmn	α^2 CVn variable
		AW	6619	5193			6.61		494	A1V	α^2 CVn variable
		Z	3735	3142			6.69		130.9	F8V	suspected variable
		BB	9770	7372			7.10		70.50	K1V+M2V	eclipsing binary,
			4208	3479			7.79	5.22	107	G7V	Cocibolca,^[1] has a planet (b)
			4113	3391			7.91	4.69	144	G5V	has a planet (b)
			9578	7240			8.20	4.41	187	G1V	has a planet (b)
		AP	6532	5150			8.40		531	A5p	rapidly oscillating Ap star
			225213	439			8.63		14.148	M1.5	suspected BY Dra variable,
		AU	1097	1210			9.05		1150	A4mF4Sr	δ Sct variable
							9.89	6.45	159	G6	has a transiting planet (b)
		RT					10.31			A5N+F3	β Lyr variable,
WASP-173 A							11.3			G3	has a transiting planet (b)
				3635			12.00			K1Ivw	very metal-poor star
							12.00			K2V	has a transiting planet (b)
		SY					12.15			M8:	Mira variable,
		VY								O...	prototype VY Scl star
							13.36			DA1.4	white dwarf
		BX					13.56			A	SX Phe variable,
							15.33			DA	white dwarf, has a brown dwarf companion
		VZ					15.6			B9IVmn	VY Scl variable and eclipsing binary,
		BW					16.20			CV	WZ Sge variable and ZZ Cet variable,

See also

• List of stars by constellation

References

• Web site: ESA . European Space Agency . The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues . 1997 . 2006-12-26 .
• Web site: Kostjuk . N. D. . HD-DM-GC-HR-HIP-Bayer-Flamsteed Cross Index . 2002 . 2006-12-26 .
• Web site: Roman . N. G. . Identification of a Constellation from a Position . 1987 . 2006-12-26 .
• Web site: Gould . B. A. . Uranometria Argentina . Reprinted and updated by Pilcher, F . 2010-07-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120227032716/http://www.uranometriaargentina.com/ . 2012-02-27 .
• Web site: AAVSO Website . American Association of Variable Star Observers . 9 March 2014 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nicaragua. NameExoWorlds. en. 2020-03-10.