Alpha Sculptoris is the eastern-most tip of this simple asterism apparently representing an artist's easel.

The 4.3 magnitude star is the brightest in the constellation, as well as one of the most distant at 675 light years.

To find alpha Sculptoris drop due south of beta Ceti about twelve degrees (two binocular fields) and slightly to the east: binoculars.

In the same field as alpha, to the northwest, is the bright spiral galaxy NGC 253: binoculars.

This ninth-magnitude galaxy, nine million light years away, is seen almost edge-on. While you can find the object with binoculars it takes a medium-sized telescope to pick out the spiral arms.