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==Scutum== | ==Scutum== | ||
[[File:Heveliusscutum.JPG|thumb|Scutum as shown by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum star atlas published in 1690]] | [[File:Heveliusscutum.JPG|thumb|Scutum as shown by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum star atlas published in 1690]] | ||
[[File:Ophiuchis Urania's Mirrors.jpg|thumb|Scutum and Ophiuchus]] | [[File:Ophiuchis Urania's Mirrors.jpg|thumb|Scutum and Ophiuchus, a constellation card published in London c. 1825]] | ||
Scutum lies in a bright area of the Milky Way and is distinctive despite its small size. Its brightest stars are of only fourth magnitude, and none are named, but the constellation contains a celebrated cluster of stars popularly known as the Wild Duck cluster because its fan-shape resembles a flight of ducks. | Scutum lies in a bright area of the Milky Way and is distinctive despite its small size. Its brightest stars are of only fourth magnitude, and none are named, but the constellation contains a celebrated cluster of stars popularly known as the Wild Duck cluster because its fan-shape resembles a flight of ducks. | ||