Scutum constellation

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Scutum is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, notable for lying along the Milky Way and containing rich star fields and deep-sky objects.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Scutum constellation canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical constellation
constellation
abbreviation Sct
belongsTo IAU 88 modern constellations list
surface form: IAU constellations
bestSeenInMonth August
borderedBy Aquila
constellation Capricornus
surface form: Capricornus

Ophiuchus
Sagittarius
Serpens Cauda
brightestStar Alpha Scuti
brightestStarApparentMagnitude 3.85
contains Alpha Scuti
Beta Scuti
Delta Scuti
Epsilon Scuti
Messier 11
Messier 26
NGC 6664
NGC 6712
R Scuti
Scutum Star Cloud
Scutum–Centaurus Arm line of sight
UY Scuti
Wild Duck Cluster
globular cluster NGC 6712
Open cluster M11
surface form: open cluster M11

Messier 26
surface form: open cluster M26

planetaryNebula IC 1295
surface form: planetary nebula IC 1295

variable star R Scuti
variable star UY Scuti
containsAsterism Scutum Star Cloud
createdBy Johannes Hevelius
declinationRange approximately −4° to −15°
genitiveForm Scuti
hasArea 109 square degrees
hasAttribute contains deep-sky objects
faint
rich star fields
small
introducedIn 1684
17th century
liesAlong Milky Way
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere
namedAfter John III Sobieski
shield
originalName Scutum
surface form: Scutum Sobiescianum
rankByArea 84th
rightAscensionRange approximately 18h 30m to 19h 30m
visibleIn summer sky of Northern Hemisphere
zodiacal false

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scutum–Centaurus Arm namedAfter Scutum constellation