Scutum

For the Observer

Alpha Scutum (18h 35.1m -08°14') 3.8 magnitude class K3 star.

M11 (NGC 6705) (18h 48.4m -06°20') Nice open cluster, sometimes called the wild duck clus ter. Magnitude is 6.3

M26 (NGC 6694) (18h 42.5m -09°27) rather dim open cluster of magnitude 9.0.