Scutum

Abbreviation: Sct
Genitive: Scuti
Right Ascension: 18.67 hours
Declination: -10.30 degrees

Scutum, the Shield, is completely visible in latitudes South of 74 degrees North from June - August.

Scutum was invented by Johannes Hevelius in 1690. Scutum was originally drawn as the Coat of Arms of Scutum (John) Sobieskii, king of Poland, who so distiguished himself in defending his land against the Turks when they marched on Vienna on September 12, 1683; the Turks were turned back at the gates of the city. And seven years later Scutum was created in honor of his victory.

Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
GAM SCT	18.00:29.00:11.85	-14.00:33.00:56.92	4.70
EPS SCT	18.00:43.00:31.25	-8.00:16.00:30.81	4.90

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)

M-11

'One of the richest and most compact of the galactic clusters.' (Burnham). M-11 contains an estimated 2900 stars, about 500 of which are brighter than mag 14.

M-26

This cluster is not so impressive as its apparent neighbor, M11, and Messier even noted that it was 'not distinguished in a 3.5 foot (FL) telescope and needed a better instrument'.

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.

Object	R.A.	Dec.	Object Type 3	Mag.	Uranometria	Tirion
NGC 6625	18 23.2	-12 03	OPNCL	09	294	15
NGC 6649	18 33.5	-10 24	OPNCL	08.9	295	15
NGC 6664	18 36.7	-08 13	OPNCL	07.8	295	15
Tr 34	18 39.8	-08 29	OPNCL	08.6	295	15
NGC 6683	18 42.2	-06 17	OPNCL	09.4	295	15
Tr 35	18 42.9	-04 08	OPNCL	09.2	250	15
NGC 6694	18 45.2	-09 24	OPNCL	08	295	15
Basel 1	18 48.2	-05 51	OPNCL	08.9	295	15
NGC 6704	18 50.9	-05 12	OPNCL	09.2	250	15
NGC 6705	18 51.1	-06 16	OPNCL	05.8	295	15
NGC 6712	18 53.1	-08 42	GLOCL	08.2	295	15

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

GCVS ID	R.A. (hh mm ss.ss)	Dec. (deg mm ss)	Variable Type 4	Mag. Min	Mag. Max
V0430 Sct	18.00:22.00:24.90	-14.00:0.00:25.00	ACYG	6.64	6.50
V0432 Sct	18.00:26.00:55.60	-14.00:36.00:59.00	ACV	0.01	5.96
V0435 Sct	18.00:26.00:40.00	-12.00:39.00:42.00	M	7.20	4.70
del Sct	18.00:39.00:32.10	-9.00:6.00:7.00	DSCT	4.79	4.60

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria