Sobieski’s Shield

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Sobieski’s Shield is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, historically named in honor of Polish King John III Sobieski.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Sobieski’s Shield canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation
alternateName Scutum
Scutum Sobiescianum
linked to: Scutum
areaSquareDegrees 109
bestViewingMonth August
borderedBy Aquila
Corona Australis
Ophiuchus
Sagittarius
Serpens Cauda
brightestStar Alpha Scuti
brightestStarApparentMagnitude 3.85
celestialHemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
contains UY Scuti
WR 124
Wild Duck Cluster
globular cluster NGC 6712
nebula M1-67
open cluster M11
linked to: Open cluster M11

open cluster M26
linked to: Messier 26

open cluster NGC 6664
linked to: NGC 6664

open cluster NGC 6704
open cluster NGC 6712
planetary nebula IC 1295
variable star Delta Scuti
linked to: Delta Scuti

variable star R Scuti
variable star UY Scuti
declinationRange approximately −4° to −15°
family Hercules family of constellations
genitiveForm Scuti
historicalNameHonors victory at the Battle of Vienna
IAUAbbreviation Sct
includedIn 88 modern constellations recognized by the IAU
introducedBy Johannes Hevelius
introductionYear 1684
namedAfter John III Sobieski
quadrant SQ4
rankByArea 84th
relativeBrightness faint constellation
relativeSize small constellation
rightAscensionRange approximately 18h to 19h
secondBrightestStar Beta Scuti
skyRegion southern sky
visibleAtLatitudesBetween +90° and −40°
zodiacal no

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Scutum otherName Sobieski’s Shield