Many galaxies both bright and faint are visible. Many are members of the Sculptor group. Also in the group is NGC 247 in Cetus. Accompanying it are two small companion galaxies, one of which produced the transformation from a normal disk galaxy to the cartwheel as it passed. To find Sculptor look high in the north in the late evening sky, and find the bright star Fomalhaut in Pisces Astrinus.
Sculptor is slightly east and slightly towards the northern horizon.
Sculptoris is a 4.3 magnitude blue-white star 420 light years away. Scl is a magnitude 4.4 blue-white star 250 light years away. Scl is a magnitude 4.4 yellow giant star 150 light years away. NGC 253 is the best example of an edgewise spiral galaxy popularly known as the Silver Coin galaxy. NGC 55 is 9th magnitude barred spiral galaxy of the Magellanic type seen nearly edge-on similar in size and shape to NGC 253, though not as bright.