Alpha Scuti,Latinized from α Scuti, is an orange-huedstar in the southernconstellation ofScutum. Originally part of theAquila constellation, Alpha Scuti was a latter designation of1 Aquilae.[9] It is faintly visible to the naked eye with anapparent visual magnitude of 3.83.[3] Based upon an annualparallax shift of 16.38 mas as seen from the Earth,[2] it is located around 199 light years from the Sun. It is moving away from the Sun with aradial velocity of +36.5 km/s.[5]
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