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A Nazar battu (Hindustani: नज़र बट्टू or نظر بٹو) is an icon, charm bracelet, tattoo or other object or pattern used in North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (or nazar). [1] In Persian and Afghan folklore, it is called a cheshm nazar (Persian: چشم نظر) or nazar qurbāni (Persian: نظرقربانی). [2]
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.
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.
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.
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Chashm-e-Baddoor (Persian, Urdu: چشمِ بد دور, Hindi: चश्म-ए-बददूर) is a slogan extensively used in Iran, North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (which is called nazar in the region). It is a Persian language derivation which literally means "far be the evil eye". [1]
Scutum, a sharp bony spur at Prussak's space of the ear Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Scutum .
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.