Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Scutum The Shield |
A small constellation near the celestial equator, introduced by Johannes Hevelius in the late seventeenth century with the name Scutum Sobieskii in honour of his patron, King John Sobieski III. There are no stars brighter than fourth magnitude though the constellation lies in rich star fields of the Milky Way. Its most notable feature is the star cluster M11, known as the Wild Duck Cluster.
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