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Zeta Sculptoris

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Magnitude
  
5.04

Apparent magnitude (V)
  
5.04

Constellation
  
Sculptor

Zeta Sculptoris

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Zeta Sculptoris (ζ Scl, ζ Sculptoris) is a binary star in the constellation Sculptor. It is approximately 503 light years from Earth.

The primary component, Zeta Sculptoris A, is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.04. It has a 13th magnitude companion, Zeta Sculptoris B, 3 arcseconds distant.

It is near the Blanco 1 cluster as viewed from Earth, although parallax measurements indicate it to be substantially closer.

References

Zeta Sculptoris Wikipedia