Scutum

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Abbreviation:  Sct
English Name:  The Shield
Genitive:  Scuti
Hemisphere: Southern Hemisphere (Parts visible from the UK)
Location: Between the constellations of Sagittarius and Serpens.
Visible between latitudes:  +70 and -90 degrees
Best season: Summer
Seen in three seasons: Spring, Summer and Autumn
Best seen in:  Late July (map), and August (map)
Seen between: Late May and early October
Right Ascension (RA): 19 hour
Declination (DEC): -10 degrees
Area (square degrees):  475 (84th)

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Scutum (The Shield)

  • Scutum is not a large constellation that lies just south of the celestial equator in a rich area of Milky-Way.
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  • This constellation has some of the brightest star clouds of the Milky-Way, and has 15 Open Clusters there.

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Messier Objects in Scutum

M11 – Open Cluster, also known as The Wild Duck Cluster – readily clearly visible with binoculars and magnificent objects with large telescopes; one of the most compact of all the Open Clusters. (photo)
M26 – Open Cluster; fairly loose, so it is not an easy object with small telescopes.

Features of Interest

  • NGC 6712 – Globular Cluster; detectable with 4-inch telescope, but still poorly resolved with 8-inch telescopes.
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Named Stars

  • R Scuti – yellow supergiant and variable star; changing from magnitude +5.7 to magnitude +8.4 and back over period of about five months, about 1º degree northwest of the Wild Duck Cluster (M11).
  • more list of stars in Scutum.

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Planetarium / Constellation Map

Live constellation visible
from the UK :- Planetarium (Scutum)		Best Seen in:
Late July (map), and August (map)		Seen between:
Late May and early October

IAU Sky Chart: Scutum

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Constellations – Visible from the UK

AndromedaAquariusAquilaAriesAuriga
BoötesCamelopardalisCancerCanes VenaticiCanis Major
Canis MinorCapricornusCassiopeiaCepheusCetus
Coma BerenicesCorona BorealisCorvusCraterCygnus
DelphinusDracoEquuleusGeminiHercules
HydraLacertaLeoLeo MinorLepus
LibraLynxLyraMonocerosOphiuchus
OrionPegasusPerseusPiscesSagitta
ScutumSerpens CaputSerpens CaudaSextansTaurus
TriangulumUrsa MajorUrsa MinorVirgoVulpecula
(50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Parts visible from the UK

AntliaColumbaEridanusFornaxMicroscopium
Piscis AustrinusPuppisPyxisSagittariusScorpius
Sculptor
(11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK

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