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.

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Apparatus Sculptoris 0

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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

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Nicolas de Lacaille introducedConstellation Apparatus Sculptoris (later part of Sculptor)