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 1851→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 February 1851 2 February 1851 3 February 1851 4 February 1851 5 February 1851 6 February 1851 7 February 1851 8 February 1851 9 February 1851 10 February 1851 11 February 1851 12 February 1851 13 February 1851 14 February 1851 15 February 1851 16 February 1851 17 February 1851 18 February 1851 19 February 1851 20 February 1851 21 February 1851 22 February 1851 23 February 1851 24 February 1851 25 February 1851 26 February 1851 27 February 1851 28 February 1851 1 March 1851 6 Phoenix 128 7 Phoenix 128 8 Phoenix 128 9 Phoenix 128 10 Phoenix 128 11 Phoenix 128 12 Phoenix 128 13 Phoenix 128 14 Phoenix 128 15 Phoenix 128 16 Phoenix 128 17 Phoenix 128 18 Phoenix 128 19 Phoenix 128 20 Phoenix 128 21 Phoenix 128 22 Phoenix 128 23 Phoenix 128 24 Phoenix 128 25 Phoenix 128 26 Phoenix 128 27 Phoenix 128 28 Phoenix 128 1 Cetus 128 2 Cetus 128 3 Cetus 128 4 Cetus 128 5 Cetus 128 6 Cetus 128
MD -63813 MD -63812 MD -63811 MD -63810 MD -63809 MD -63808 MD -63807 MD -63806 MD -63805 MD -63804 MD -63803 MD -63802 MD -63801 MD -63800 MD -63799 MD -63798 MD -63797 MD -63796 MD -63795 MD -63794 MD -63793 MD -63792 MD -63791 MD -63790 MD -63789 MD -63788 MD -63787 MD -63786 MD -63785 MS -62080 MS -62079 MS -62078 MS -62077 MS -62076 MS -62075 MS -62074 MS -62073 MS -62072 MS -62071 MS -62070 MS -62069 MS -62068 MS -62067 MS -62066 MS -62065 MS -62064 MS -62063 MS -62062 MS -62061 MS -62060 MS -62059 MS -62058 MS -62057 MS -62056 MS -62055 MS -62054 MS -62053 MS -62052