Constellation
The constellation Scutum
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Scutum gathers 18 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Scutum, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around July.
Scutum in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 18
- Brightest star
- Alpha Scutum
- Region of the sky
- Around the celestial equator
- Highest around
- July
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Alpha Scutum
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 3.85
Declination from -16° to -5°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
199 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Scutum
The 18 stars of Scutum catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.