Alpha Sculptoris

Alpha Sculptoris is the brightest star in the generally faint constellation Sculptor, it is the brightest star in the constellation because it has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.30. Parallax measurements collected during the Hipparcos mission give an estimated distance for this star  at about , with a 4% margin of error.

Alpha Sculptoris is a B-type giant star. It is classified as an SX Arietis type variable star. It's magnitude changes by less than a tenth of a magnitude.

The luminosity of Alpha Sculptoris is about 1,500 times brighter than that of the Sun and is very hot with a surface temperature of 13,600 K. It is 7 times larger than the Sun in radius and is 5 times massive than the Sun.

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