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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.
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NGC 6649 is an open cluster in the constellation Scutum. It was discovered by William Herschel on 10 July, 1787. The cluster is about 40–60 million years old and it is located 4,500 light years away. Cepheid variable V367 Scuti is a member of the cluster. [4] [5]
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.
In some parts of Italy the scutum had been used since pre-historical times. [6] Polybius gave a description of the early second-century scutum BC: [7] The Roman panoply consists firstly of a shield (scutum), the convex surface of which measures 2.5 ft (76 cm) in width and 4 ft (120 cm) in length, the thickness at the rim being a palm's breadth ...
Delta Scuti, Latinized from δ Scuti, is a variable star in the southern constellation Scutum.With an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around 4.72, [4] it is the fifth-brightest star in this small and otherwise undistinguished constellation.
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. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.21 mas as seen from Earth, [1] this star is located about 319 light years from the Sun.