Beta Scuti, Latinized from β Scuti, is a binary star system in the southern constellation Scutum. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 3.56 mas as seen from Earth, it is located approximately 920 light years from the Sun. The primary component has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.22 and is radiating about 1,270 times the luminosity of the Sun from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4,622 K. This yellow-hued star is a G-type bright giant with a stellar classification of G4 IIa. Beta Scuti was a latter designation of 6 Aquilae.