Scutum

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

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star chart of Scutum (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations. Scutum was invented by Hevelius (1687).

Etymology and History

Scutum in the original depiction by Hevelius (1687).

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Sct in Hevelius (1687)
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  Scutum depicted in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 1st edition (1776)
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  Scutum depicted in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795)

References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)