Constellations
Scutum (Sct)
The Shield
Also known as shield.
6 looks for Scutum
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Scutum
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Shield
- IAU abbreviation
- Sct
- Its stars are named
- Scuti (as in "Alpha Scuti")
- Family
- Hercules family
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in August
- Centre
- Right ascension 18h 39m, declination −9° 10′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 4 lines
- Brightest star
- α Sct, magnitude 3.85
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Sctmag 3.85
- β Sctmag 4.22
- γ Sctmag 4.70
- δ Sctmag 4.72
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation