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 1260→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
29
1 February 1260 2 February 1260 3 February 1260 4 February 1260 5 February 1260 6 February 1260 7 February 1260 8 February 1260 9 February 1260 10 February 1260 11 February 1260 12 February 1260 13 February 1260 14 February 1260 15 February 1260 16 February 1260 17 February 1260 18 February 1260 19 February 1260 20 February 1260 21 February 1260 22 February 1260 23 February 1260 24 February 1260 25 February 1260 26 February 1260 27 February 1260 28 February 1260 29 February 1260 1 March 1260
MD -279671 MD -279670 MD -279669 MD -279668 MD -279667 MD -279666 MD -279665 MD -279664 MD -279663 MD -279662 MD -279661 MD -279660 MD -279659 MD -279658 MD -279657 MD -279656 MD -279655 MD -279654 MD -279653 MD -279652 MD -279651 MD -279650 MD -279649 MD -279648 MD -279647 MD -279646 MD -279645 MD -279644 MD -279643 MD -279642