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ALPHA SCT (Alpha Scuti). Eighty-eight formal constellations grace the sky (along with many more informal ones plus figures that have long-since fallen into disuse). Over half come down from ancient times.
The diffuse galactic nebula I 1287, lying about two degrees south of alpha Sct, requires at least an avarage telecopic power. The meteor shower June Scutids is active from June, 2nd, to July, 29th.
 See also: Sky, Constellation, Period, Constellations, Milky Way
  
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