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UY Scuti (BD-12°5055) is a red supergiant star, located 5,900 light-years away in the constellation Scutum.It is also a pulsating variable star, with a maximum brightness of magnitude 8.29 and a minimum of magnitude 10.56, which is too dim for naked-eye visibility.
Eta Scuti, Latinized from η Scuti, is a single [10] star in the southern constellation of Scutum, near the constellation border with Aquila. Eta Scuti was a latter designation of 9 Aquilae before the official constellation borders were set in 1922. [11] It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, orange-hued star with an apparent visual ...
Scutum is a small constellation. Its name is Latin for shield , and it was originally named Scutum Sobiescianum by Johannes Hevelius in 1684. Located just south of the celestial equator , its four brightest stars form a narrow diamond shape.
Beta Scuti, Latinized from β Scuti, is a binary star system in the southern constellation Scutum. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 4.85 mas as seen from Earth, [ 1 ] it is located approximately 670 light years from the Sun .
Zeta Scuti, Latinized from ζ Scuti, is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern constellation of Scutum. It is a faint star but visible to the naked eye with an apparent magnitude of 4.66. [2] The distance to this star, as determined via parallax measurement, is around 210 light years.
Alpha Scuti, Latinized from α Scuti, is an orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Scutum. Originally part of the Aquila constellation, Alpha Scuti was a latter designation of 1 Aquilae. [9] It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.83. [2]
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Gamma Scuti, Latinized from γ Scuti, is a single, [9] white-hued star in the southern constellation of Scutum.The apparent visual magnitude of 4.67 [2] indicates this is a dim star but visible to the naked eye.