SCUTUM

Scutum, the Shield, lies to the center and lower right of the picture across a bright star cloud within the Milky Way. Alpha Scuti is the brightest star down and to the right of center, while Beta lies to the upper right almost directly above Alpha. star lies just above center toward the right-hand edge. Delta is the lower of the two stars just up and to the left of Alpha. Aquila is to the upper left, Sagittarius to the lower left.

To see a labelled image, push the star:

See a wide high-resolution view of Scutum and its surroundings.

See Scutum within the wide field around Sagittarius.