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 3790→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 February 3790 2 February 3790 3 February 3790 4 February 3790 5 February 3790 6 February 3790 7 February 3790 8 February 3790 9 February 3790 10 February 3790 11 February 3790 12 February 3790 13 February 3790 14 February 3790 15 February 3790 16 February 3790 17 February 3790 18 February 3790 19 February 3790 20 February 3790 21 February 3790 22 February 3790 23 February 3790 24 February 3790 25 February 3790 26 February 3790 27 February 3790 28 February 3790 1 March 3790 6 Apus 1158 7 Apus 1158 8 Apus 1158 9 Apus 1158 10 Apus 1158 11 Apus 1158 12 Apus 1158 13 Apus 1158 14 Apus 1158 15 Apus 1158 16 Apus 1158 17 Apus 1158 18 Apus 1158 19 Apus 1158 20 Apus 1158 21 Apus 1158 22 Apus 1158 23 Apus 1158 24 Apus 1158 25 Apus 1158 26 Apus 1158 27 Apus 1158 28 Apus 1158 1 Pavo 1158 2 Pavo 1158 3 Pavo 1158 4 Pavo 1158 5 Pavo 1158
MD 644393 MD 644394 MD 644395 MD 644396 MD 644397 MD 644398 MD 644399 MD 644400 MD 644401 MD 644402 MD 644403 MD 644404 MD 644405 MD 644406 MD 644407 MD 644408 MD 644409 MD 644410 MD 644411 MD 644412 MD 644413 MD 644414 MD 644415 MD 644416 MD 644417 MD 644418 MD 644419 MD 644420 MD 644421 MS 626986 MS 626987 MS 626988 MS 626989 MS 626990 MS 626991 MS 626992 MS 626993 MS 626994 MS 626995 MS 626996 MS 626997 MS 626998 MS 626999 MS 627000 MS 627001 MS 627002 MS 627003 MS 627004 MS 627005 MS 627006 MS 627007 MS 627008 MS 627009 MS 627010 MS 627011 MS 627012 MS 627013