Scutum

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5089. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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(the Shield; abbrev. Sct, gen. Scuti; area 109 sq. deg.) A southern
constellation which lies to the south-west of Aquila, and culminates at
midnight in early July. It was introduced as Scutum Sobiescianum
(Sobieski's Shield) by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611-87) of
Danzig (Gdansk) in 1684 in honor of Jan Sobieski III, king of Poland....

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