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Sigma Sculptoris (σ Scl, σ Sculptoris) is a star in the constellation Sculptor.
Sigma Sculptoris is a white A-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +5.50. It is approximately 227 light years from Earth. It is classified as an Alpha-2 Canum Venaticorum type variable star and its brightness varies by 0.03 magnitudes.
Referenced in the fictional short story "Three-legged Joe" by author Jack Vance as being orbited by 14 planets, the outermost of which was named Odfars and inhabited by a single alien for which the story is named.
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