Constellations · Constellation · Scuti · Sct
Constellation
Scutum
The shield of John III Sobieski, King of Poland, who broke the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683 — one of only two constellations named for a real person.
- Genitive
- Scuti
- Area
- 109 square degrees · 84th of 88
- Brightest star
- · magnitude 3.85
- Naked-eye stars
- 32 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- early July
Look for
It lies in one of the Milky Way’s brightest patches, the Scutum Star Cloud. Inside it the Wild Duck Cluster looks like a flight of ducks.