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Eta
Its story
Eta Scuti is an orange giant about two hundred light-years away, set in the small constellation Hevelius drew in honour of the Polish king John III Sobieski. The Shield floats over one of the densest stretches of the summer Milky Way, sprinkled with open clusters and bright clouds; Eta stands out as a firm point within that tide laden with distant stars.
- Constellation
- Scutum
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.83
- Distance
- 202.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 284.265° · Dec -5.846°
- Catalogue
- HIP 93026 · HD 175751
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