Scutum

The constellation of Scutum is being counted to the Hercules constellation family. Although it is one of the smallest constellations (in fact the 5th smallest), it is located in a very interesting part of the sky because next to the Milky Way it contains rich Milky Way star fields and therefore is also for the amateur astronomer of interest.
Scutum can be found southwest from Ophiuchus and southeast from Aquila, the Eagle, just ten degrees south of the celestial equator.

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