Scutum Sct
Scutum is one of the 88 constellations, covering 109 square degrees of the sky (84th largest). It is highest at midnight in July and best in the evening sky in August and September.
5 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Sct |
|---|---|
| Size | 109 square degrees (84th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 18h 40m, −10° |
| Highest at midnight | July (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: August and September) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 60° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 30°. |
| Pages here | 5 objects |
Star clusters
2Stars
2Other objects
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M11 · NGC 6705 (Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski) | Open star cluster | 5.8 | 9′ |
| IC 1287 (on the map) | Reflection nebula | 6.1 | 20′ |
| NGC 6664 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.8 | 6′ |
| M26 · NGC 6694 | Open star cluster | 8.9 | 6′ |
| NGC 6649 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.9 | 5.6′ |
| NGC 6625 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9 | 6′ |
| NGC 6704 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9.2 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 6683 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9.4 | 3′ |
| NGC 6631 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 11.7 | 5.7′ |
| IC 1295 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 12.5 | 1.5′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits