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The constellation Scutum as it can be seen by the naked eye The constellation Scutum in the night sky, enhanced for color and contrast. Scutum is not a bright constellation, with the brightest star, Alpha Scuti, being a K-type giant star [6] at magnitude 3.85. However, some stars are notable in the constellation.
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.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Scutum, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes α Sct:
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The Wild Duck Cluster (also known as Messier 11, or NGC 6705) is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Scutum (the Shield). It was discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1681. [3] Charles Messier included it in his catalogue of diffuse objects in 1764.
IC 1295 is a planetary nebula in the constellation Scutum.It was discovered in 1867 by Truman Safford. [4] It lies roughly 4,700 light-years (1,500 parsecs) away. [2]The central star of the planetary nebula has a spectral type of DAO.56 [1] and shows the hydrogen deficient class object as hgO(H).
Stephenson 2 DFK 49 or St2-11 is a putative post red supergiant [3] star in the constellation Scutum, in the massive open cluster Stephenson 2.It is possibly one of the largest known stars with a radius estimated to be between 1,074 solar radii (747,000,000 kilometres; 4.99 astronomical units) [2] to 1,300 solar radii (900,000,000 kilometres; 6.0 astronomical units), [3].