IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Pisces
The Fishes
OriginAncient
AbbreviationPsc
GenitivePiscium
Pronunciation/ˈpaɪsiːz/ genitive /ˈpɪʃiəm/
PICE-eez
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarAlrescha (α Piscium)
Right Ascention 2h 02m Declination +2° 46'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.058h (3.5m)
When the giant monster Typhon attacked Olympus, Aphrodite and her son, Eros, escaped by jumping into a river, turning into fish, and swimming away. To keep from getting separated the two were connected by a cord.
www.underthesky.com
Pisces as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←February 1177→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 February 1177 2 February 1177 3 February 1177 4 February 1177 5 February 1177 6 February 1177 7 February 1177 8 February 1177 9 February 1177 10 February 1177 11 February 1177 12 February 1177 13 February 1177 14 February 1177 15 February 1177 16 February 1177 17 February 1177 18 February 1177 19 February 1177 20 February 1177 21 February 1177 22 February 1177 23 February 1177 24 February 1177 25 February 1177 26 February 1177 27 February 1177 28 February 1177 1 March 1177
MD -309986 MD -309985 MD -309984 MD -309983 MD -309982 MD -309981 MD -309980 MD -309979 MD -309978 MD -309977 MD -309976 MD -309975 MD -309974 MD -309973 MD -309972 MD -309971 MD -309970 MD -309969 MD -309968 MD -309967 MD -309966 MD -309965 MD -309964 MD -309963 MD -309962 MD -309961 MD -309960 MD -309959 MD -309958