List of stars in Scutum - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Star

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s in the constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

Scutum
Scutum
Scutum is a small constellation introduced in the seventeenth century. Its name is Latin for shield.-History:Scutum is the only constellation that owes its name to a non-classical historical figure...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	G. Gould designation Gould designations for stars are similar to Flamsteed designations in the way that they number stars within a constellation in increasing order of right ascension. Each star is assigned an integer , followed by " G. " , and then the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
α Sct Alpha Scuti Alpha Scuti is a fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Scutum. Alpha Scuti is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.85. Alpha Scuti is a known variable star. It is approximately 174 light years from Earth....	α	14	171443	91117	3.85	0.21	174	K2III
β Sct Beta Scuti Beta Scuti is a binary star in the constellation Scutum. It is approximately 690 light years from Earth.The primary component is a yellow G-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.22. It has a magnitude +8.5 companion classified as spectral type B9.5. The orbital period of the binary...	β	24	173764	92175	4.22	−2.41	689	G5II...
ζ Sct Zeta Scuti Zeta Scuti is a star in the constellation Scutum.It is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.66, approximately 191 light years from Earth....	ζ	3	169156	90135	4.66	0.82	191	K0III
γ Sct Gamma Scuti Gamma Scuti is a star in the constellation Scutum.Gamma Scuti is a white A-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +4.67. It is approximately 291 light years from Earth....	γ	6	170296	90595	4.67	−0.09	291	A1IV/V
δ Sct Delta Scuti Delta Scuti is a white, F-type giant star in the constellation Scutum. It is approximately 187 light years from Earth. Delta Scuti is the prototype of the Delta Scuti type variable stars. It is a high-amplitude δ Scuti type pulsator with light variations of about 0.15 minutes...	δ	19	172748	91726	4.70 (4.60–4.79)	0.91	187	F2IIIp d Del	triple star Multiple star A multiple star consists of three or more stars which appear from the Earth to be close to one another in the sky. This may result from the stars being physically close and gravitationally bound to each other, in which case it is physical, or this closeness may be merely apparent, in which case... ; the prototype of Delta Scuti-type Delta Scuti variable A Delta Scuti variable is a variable star which exhibits variations in its luminosity due to both radial and non-radial pulsations of the star's surface. Typical brightness fluctuations are from 0.003 to 0.9 magnitudes in V over a period of a few hours, although the amplitude and period of the... variable stars, period 4 h 40 min
η Sct Eta Scuti Eta Scuti is a star in the constellation Scutum.Eta Scuti is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.83. It is approximately 207 light years from Earth....	η	33	175751	93026	4.83	0.82	207	K1III
ε Sct Epsilon Scuti Epsilon Scuti is a star system in the constellation Scutum. It is approximately 523 light years from Earth.The primary component, Epsilon Scuti A, is a yellow G-type bright giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.88...	ε	21	173009	91845	4.88	−1.14	522	G8II
		32	175156	92814	5.08	−3.46	1663	B3II
		13	171391	91105	5.12	0.38	290	G8III
R Sct R Scuti R Scuti is a star in the constellation of Scutum. It is a yellow supergiant and is a pulsating variable known as a RV Tauri variable.It was discovered in 1795 by Edward Pigott at a time when only a few variable stars were known to exist...		25	173819	92202	5.38 (4.5–8.2)	−2.79	1405	K0Ibpvar	variable, period 140 days
V450 Sct		10	170975	90913	5.47	−2.48	1268	K3Iab
		23	173638	92136	5.69			F2Ib-II
		2	169033	90096	5.71	−0.66	612	B5V
		11	171130	90991	5.74	1.68	211	A0/A1V
		9	170740	90804	5.77	−0.87	694	B2V	double star Double star In observational astronomy, a double star is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope. This can happen either because the pair forms a binary star, i.e... (Struve 2325)
		17	172348	91532	5.82	−0.22	527	K4III
		29	174464	92488	5.82	−2.51	1509	F2Ib
		27	174208	92391	5.99	−2.31	1489	K2Ib
V432 Sct		7	170397	90651	6.02	1.32	284	Ap	α² CVn variable
		20	172831	91751	6.13	1.77	243	K0.5III
		8	170547	90692	6.27	0.02	579	G8II-III
		31	174866	92674	6.27	1.23	332	A7Vn
		4	169370	90238	6.28	1.61	281	K0
		22	173093	91880	6.30	2.09	227	F7V
		1	169009	90083	6.32	1.21	343	B9.5V
			170902	90884	6.36	2.01	241	A4/A5IV/V
		12	171149	90967	6.36	1.07	373	A0Vn
		18	172594	91677	6.40	−4.34	4592	F2/F3Ib/II
		28	174328	92456	6.48	−2.03	1638	K1II/III
		15	171957	91369	6.49	−0.15	694	B8II/III
		26	174005	92296	6.49	0.45	527	A2
		5	169913	90437	6.50	1.51	325	K0
COROT-17					15.46		3001	G2V	text-align:left; > has a transiting planet (b)
PSR 1829-10 PSR 1829-10 PSR B1829-10 is a pulsar that is approximately 30,000 light-years away in the constellation of Scutum. This pulsar has been the target of interest, because of a mistaken identification of a planet around it. Andrew G...								n/a	pulsar Pulsar A pulsar is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation. The radiation can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing towards the Earth. This is called the lighthouse effect and gives rise to the pulsed nature that gives pulsars their name...

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