Apparatus Sculptoris (later part of Sculptor)
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Apparatus Sculptoris was an 18th-century southern sky constellation created by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille that was later absorbed into the modern constellation Sculptor.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apparatus Sculptoris | 0 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
asterism
ⓘ
former constellation ⓘ |
| absorbedInto | Sculptor ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Lacaille’s 1763 star atlas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lacaille’s southern star catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | French astronomy in the Enlightenment ⓘ |
| celestialRegion | region now assigned to Sculptor ⓘ |
| classification | Lacaille constellation ⓘ |
| createdInPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| creator | Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoverer | Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Apparatus Sculptoris et Fornacis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphere | southern ⓘ |
| historicalUse | 18th-century celestial cartography ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1750s ⓘ |
| isPartOfHistoryOf |
constellation Sculptor
ⓘ
southern sky constellations ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| namedAfter | sculptor’s apparatus ⓘ |
| notIncludedIn | IAU list of 88 modern constellations ⓘ |
| observedBy | Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedFrom | Cape of Good Hope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sculptor ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Sculptor ⓘ |
| represents | tools of a sculptor ⓘ |
| sharesStarsWith | Sculptor ⓘ |
| status | obsolete constellation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.