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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scutum → otherName → Sobieski’s Shield ⓘ