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Pisces (constellation)

January 08, 2023

This article is about the astronomical constellation. For the astrological sign, see Pisces (astrology).

Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac. Its vast bulk – and main asterism viewed in most European cultures per Greco-Roman antiquity as a distant pair of fishes connected by one cord each that join at an apex – are in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Its old astronomical symbol is (♓︎). Its name is Latin for "fishes". It is between Aquarius, of similar size, to the southwest and Aries, which is smaller, to the east. The ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect within this constellation and in Virgo. This means the sun passes directly overhead of the equator, on average, at approximately this point in the sky, at the March equinox.

Pisces
Constellation
AbbreviationPsc
GenitivePiscium
Pronunciation/ˈpaɪsiːz/; genitive /ˈpɪʃiəm/
Symbolismthe Fishes
Right ascension1h
Declination+15°
QuadrantNQ1
Area889 sq. deg. (14th)
Main stars18
Bayer/Flamsteed
stars		86
Stars with planets13
Stars brighter than 3.00m0
Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly)8
Brightest starη Psc (Alpherg) (3.62m)
Messier objects1
Meteor showersPiscids
Bordering
constellations
Visible at latitudes between +90° and −65°.
Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of November.

Features

 
The constellation Pisces as it can be seen by naked eye.

The March equinox is currently located in Pisces, due south of ω Psc, and, due to precession, slowly drifting due west, just below the western fish towards Aquarius.

Stars

Note: magnitude, here, means apparent magnitude
  • Alrescha ("the cord"), otherwise Alpha Piscium (α Psc), 309.8 lightyears, class A2, magnitude 3.62. Variable binary star.[1]
  • Fumalsamakah[2] ("mouth of the fish"), otherwise Beta Piscium (β Psc), 492 lightyears, class B6Ve, magnitude 4.48
  • Delta Piscium (δ Psc), 305 lightyears, class K5III, magnitude 4.44. Like other stars near the ecliptic, Delta Piscium is subject to lunar occultations.[3]
  • Epsilon Piscium (ε Psc), 190 lightyears, class K0III, magnitude 4.27. Has a candidate exoplanet.[4]
  • Revati[2] ("rich"), otherwise Zeta Piscium (ζ Psc), 148 lightyears, class A7IV, magnitude 5.21. Quintuple star system.[5]
  • Alpherg ("emptying"),[2] otherwise Eta Piscium (η Psc), 349 lightyears, class G7 IIIa, magnitude 3.62. It is a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable[6] with a weak magnetic field.[7]
  • Torcular ("thread"),[2] otherwise Omicron Piscium (ο Psc), 258 lightyears, class K0III, magnitude 4.2. It is an evolved red giant star on the horizontal branch.[8]
  • Omega Piscium (ω Psc), 106 lightyears, class F4IV, magnitude 4.03. It is an F-type star that is either a subgiant or on the main sequence.[9][10]
  • Gamma Piscium (γ Psc), 138 lightyears, magnitude 3.70. The star hosts an exoplanet which was discovered in 2021.[4] It has a spectral type of G8 III.[11]
  • Van Maanen's Star is the closest-known solitary white dwarf to us, with a dim apparent magnitude. It is located about 2° to the south of the star Delta Piscium,[12] with a relatively high proper motion of 2.978″ annually along a position angle of 155.538°.[13] It is closer to the Sun than any other solitary white dwarf. It is too faint to be seen with the naked eye.[12] Like other white dwarfs, it is a very dense star: its mass has been estimated to be about 67% of the Sun's,[14] yet it has only 1% of the Sun's radius.[15] The outer atmosphere has a temperature of approximately 6,110 K,[14] which is relatively cool for a white dwarf. As all white dwarfs steadily radiate away their heat over time, this temperature can be used to estimate its age, thought to be around 3 billion years.[16] It was originally thought to be an F-type star before the properties of white dwarfs were known.[17][18]

Due to the dimness of these stars, the constellation is essentially invisible in or near any major city due to light pollution.

Deep-sky objects

M74 is a loosely wound (type Sc) spiral galaxy in Pisces, found at a distance of 30 million light years (redshift 0.0022). It has many clusters of young stars and the associated nebulae, showing extensive regions of star formation. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain, a French astronomer, in 1780. A type II-P supernova was discovered in the outer regions of M74 by Robert Evans in June 2003; the star that underwent the supernova was later identified as a red supergiant with a mass of 8 solar masses.[19] It is the brightest member of the M74 Group.[20][21][22]

NGC 488 is an isolated face-on prototypical spiral galaxy.[23] Two supernovae have been observed in the galaxy.[24]

NGC 520 is a pair of colliding galaxies located 105 million light-years away.[25]

CL 0024+1654 is a massive galaxy cluster that lenses the galaxy behind it, creating arc-shaped images of the background galaxy. The cluster is primarily made up of yellow elliptical and spiral galaxies, at a distance of 3.6 billion light-years from Earth (redshift 0.4), half as far away as the background galaxy, which is at a distance of 5.7 billion light-years (redshift 1.67).[19]

History and mythology

 
From Urania's Mirror (1824)

Pisces originates from some composition of the Babylonian constellations Šinunutu4 "the great swallow" in current western Pisces, and Anunitum the "Lady of the Heaven" (supposedly Inanna), at the place of the northern fish. In the first-millennium BC texts known as the Astronomical Diaries, part of the constellation was also called DU.NU.NU (Rikis-nu.mi, "the fish cord or ribbon").[26]

Greco-Roman period

Pisces is associated with the Greek legend that Aphrodite and her son Eros either shape-shifted into forms of fishes to escape, or were rescued by two fishes.

In the Greek version according to Hyginus, Aphrodite and Eros while visiting Syria fled from the monster Typhon by leaping into the Euphrates River and transforming into fishes (Poeticon astronomicon 2.30, citing Diognetus Erythraeus).[27] The Roman variant of the story has Venus and Cupid (counterparts for Aphrodite and Eros) carried away from this danger on the backs of two fishes (Ovid Fasti 2.457ff).[28][29]

There is also a different origin tale that Hyginus preserved in another work. According to this, an egg rolled into the Euphrates, and some fishes nudged this to shore, after which the doves sat on the egg until Aphrodite (thereafter called the Syrian Goddess) hatched out of it. The fishes were then rewarded by being placed in the skies as a constellation (Fabulae 197).[30][31] This story is also recorded by the Third Vatican Mythographer.[32]

Modern period

 
Pisces in Hevelius' map (1690)

In 1690, the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum regarded the constellation Pisces as being composed of four subdivisions:[33]

  • Piscis Boreus (the North Fish): σ – 68 – 65 – 67 – ψ1 – ψ2 – ψ3 – χ – φ – υ – 91 – τ – 82 – 78 Psc.
  • Linum Boreum (the North Cord):[33] χ – ρ,94 – VX(97) – η – π – ο – α Psc.
  • Linum Austrinum (the South Cord):[33] α – ξ – ν – μ – ζ – ε – δ – 41 – 35 – ω Psc.
  • Piscis Austrinus (the South Fish):[33] ω – ι – θ – 7 – β – 5 – κ,9 – λ – TX(19) Psc.

"Piscis Austrinus" more often refers to a separate constellation in its own right.

In 1754, the astronomer John Hill (author) John Hill] proposed to sever a southern zone of Pisces as Testudo (the Turtle).[34] 24 – 27 – YY(30) – 33 – 29 Psc.,[35] It would host a natural but quite faint asterism in which the star 20 Psc is the head of the turtle. While Admiral Smyth mentioned the proposal,[36] it was largely neglected by other astronomers, and it is now obsolete.[35]

Western folklore

The Fishes are in the German lore of Antenteh, who owned just a tub and a crude cabin when he met two magical fish. They offered him a wish, which he refused. However, his wife begged him to return to the fish and ask for a beautifully furnished home. This wish was granted, but her desires were not satisfied. She then asked to be a queen and have a palace, but when she asked to become a goddess, the fish became angry and took the palace and home, leaving the couple with the tub and cabin once again. The tub is sometimes recognized as the Great Square of Pegasus.[37]

In non-Western astronomy

The stars of Pisces were incorporated into several constellations in Chinese astronomy. Wai-ping ("Outer Enclosure") was a fence that kept a pig farmer from falling into the marshes and kept the pigs where they belonged. It was represented by Alpha, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Mu, Nu, and Xi Piscium. The marshes were represented by the four stars designated Phi Ceti. The northern fish of Pisces was a part of the House of the Sandal, Koui-siou.[38]

Astrology

Main article: Pisces (astrology)

Pisces is a dim zodiac constellation between Aquarius and Aries. While astrological sign, water sign Pisces is deemed to fix on ecliptical longitudes 330° to 0, when the sun figures at these it is now mostly in Aquarius, due to the precession from when the constellation and the sign coincided. Precession results in Western astrology's zodiacal divisions, thus, not corresponding in the current era to the constellations that carry alike names[39] while Jyotiṣa, widely used in Hindu and Jain culture, will assign events to the Sun's current background constellations.[40]

See also

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This article is about the astronomical constellation For the astrological sign see Pisces astrology Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac Its vast bulk and main asterism viewed in most European cultures per Greco Roman antiquity as a distant pair of fishes connected by one cord each that join at an apex are in the Northern celestial hemisphere Its old astronomical symbol is Its name is Latin for fishes It is between Aquarius of similar size to the southwest and Aries which is smaller to the east The ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect within this constellation and in Virgo This means the sun passes directly overhead of the equator on average at approximately this point in the sky at the March equinox PiscesConstellationList of stars in PiscesAbbreviationPscGenitivePisciumPronunciation ˈ p aɪ s iː z genitive ˈ p ɪ ʃ i em Symbolismthe FishesRight ascension1hDeclination 15 QuadrantNQ1Area889 sq deg 14th Main stars18Bayer Flamsteedstars86Stars with planets13Stars brighter than 3 00m0Stars within 10 00 pc 32 62 ly 8Brightest starh Psc Alpherg 3 62m Messier objects1Meteor showersPiscidsBorderingconstellationsTriangulum Andromeda Pegasus Aquarius Cetus AriesVisible at latitudes between 90 and 65 Best visible at 21 00 9 p m during the month of November Contents 1 Features 1 1 Stars 1 2 Deep sky objects 2 History and mythology 2 1 Greco Roman period 2 2 Modern period 2 3 Western folklore 2 4 In non Western astronomy 2 5 Astrology 3 See also 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksFeatures Edit The constellation Pisces as it can be seen by naked eye The March equinox is currently located in Pisces due south of w Psc and due to precession slowly drifting due west just below the western fish towards Aquarius Stars Edit Note magnitude here means apparent magnitude Alrescha the cord otherwise Alpha Piscium a Psc 309 8 lightyears class A2 magnitude 3 62 Variable binary star 1 Fumalsamakah 2 mouth of the fish otherwise Beta Piscium b Psc 492 lightyears class B6Ve magnitude 4 48 Delta Piscium d Psc 305 lightyears class K5III magnitude 4 44 Like other stars near the ecliptic Delta Piscium is subject to lunar occultations 3 Epsilon Piscium e Psc 190 lightyears class K0III magnitude 4 27 Has a candidate exoplanet 4 Revati 2 rich otherwise Zeta Piscium z Psc 148 lightyears class A7IV magnitude 5 21 Quintuple star system 5 Alpherg emptying 2 otherwise Eta Piscium h Psc 349 lightyears class G7 IIIa magnitude 3 62 It is a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable 6 with a weak magnetic field 7 Torcular thread 2 otherwise Omicron Piscium o Psc 258 lightyears class K0III magnitude 4 2 It is an evolved red giant star on the horizontal branch 8 Omega Piscium w Psc 106 lightyears class F4IV magnitude 4 03 It is an F type star that is either a subgiant or on the main sequence 9 10 Gamma Piscium g Psc 138 lightyears magnitude 3 70 The star hosts an exoplanet which was discovered in 2021 4 It has a spectral type of G8 III 11 Van Maanen s Star is the closest known solitary white dwarf to us with a dim apparent magnitude It is located about 2 to the south of the star Delta Piscium 12 with a relatively high proper motion of 2 978 annually along a position angle of 155 538 13 It is closer to the Sun than any other solitary white dwarf It is too faint to be seen with the naked eye 12 Like other white dwarfs it is a very dense star its mass has been estimated to be about 67 of the Sun s 14 yet it has only 1 of the Sun s radius 15 The outer atmosphere has a temperature of approximately 6 110 K 14 which is relatively cool for a white dwarf As all white dwarfs steadily radiate away their heat over time this temperature can be used to estimate its age thought to be around 3 billion years 16 It was originally thought to be an F type star before the properties of white dwarfs were known 17 18 Due to the dimness of these stars the constellation is essentially invisible in or near any major city due to light pollution Deep sky objects Edit M74 is a loosely wound type Sc spiral galaxy in Pisces found at a distance of 30 million light years redshift 0 0022 It has many clusters of young stars and the associated nebulae showing extensive regions of star formation It was discovered by Pierre Mechain a French astronomer in 1780 A type II P supernova was discovered in the outer regions of M74 by Robert Evans in June 2003 the star that underwent the supernova was later identified as a red supergiant with a mass of 8 solar masses 19 It is the brightest member of the M74 Group 20 21 22 NGC 488 is an isolated face on prototypical spiral galaxy 23 Two supernovae have been observed in the galaxy 24 NGC 520 is a pair of colliding galaxies located 105 million light years away 25 CL 0024 1654 is a massive galaxy cluster that lenses the galaxy behind it creating arc shaped images of the background galaxy The cluster is primarily made up of yellow elliptical and spiral galaxies at a distance of 3 6 billion light years from Earth redshift 0 4 half as far away as the background galaxy which is at a distance of 5 7 billion light years redshift 1 67 19 History and mythology Edit From Urania s Mirror 1824 Pisces originates from some composition of the Babylonian constellations Sinunutu4 the great swallow in current western Pisces and Anunitum the Lady of the Heaven supposedly Inanna at the place of the northern fish In the first millennium BC texts known as the Astronomical Diaries part of the constellation was also called DU NU NU Rikis nu mi the fish cord or ribbon 26 Greco Roman period Edit Pisces is associated with the Greek legend that Aphrodite and her son Eros either shape shifted into forms of fishes to escape or were rescued by two fishes In the Greek version according to Hyginus Aphrodite and Eros while visiting Syria fled from the monster Typhon by leaping into the Euphrates River and transforming into fishes Poeticon astronomicon 2 30 citing Diognetus Erythraeus 27 The Roman variant of the story has Venus and Cupid counterparts for Aphrodite and Eros carried away from this danger on the backs of two fishes Ovid Fasti 2 457ff 28 29 There is also a different origin tale that Hyginus preserved in another work According to this an egg rolled into the Euphrates and some fishes nudged this to shore after which the doves sat on the egg until Aphrodite thereafter called the Syrian Goddess hatched out of it The fishes were then rewarded by being placed in the skies as a constellation Fabulae 197 30 31 This story is also recorded by the Third Vatican Mythographer 32 Modern period Edit Pisces in Hevelius map 1690 In 1690 the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum regarded the constellation Pisces as being composed of four subdivisions 33 Piscis Boreus the North Fish s 68 65 67 ps1 ps2 ps3 x f y 91 t 82 78 Psc Linum Boreum the North Cord 33 x r 94 VX 97 h p o a Psc Linum Austrinum the South Cord 33 a 3 n m z e d 41 35 w Psc Piscis Austrinus the South Fish 33 w i 8 7 b 5 k 9 l TX 19 Psc Piscis Austrinus more often refers to a separate constellation in its own right In 1754 the astronomer John Hill author John Hill proposed to sever a southern zone of Pisces as Testudo the Turtle 34 24 27 YY 30 33 29 Psc 35 It would host a natural but quite faint asterism in which the star 20 Psc is the head of the turtle While Admiral Smyth mentioned the proposal 36 it was largely neglected by other astronomers and it is now obsolete 35 Western folklore Edit The Fishes are in the German lore of Antenteh who owned just a tub and a crude cabin when he met two magical fish They offered him a wish which he refused However his wife begged him to return to the fish and ask for a beautifully furnished home This wish was granted but her desires were not satisfied She then asked to be a queen and have a palace but when she asked to become a goddess the fish became angry and took the palace and home leaving the couple with the tub and cabin once again The tub is sometimes recognized as the Great Square of Pegasus 37 In non Western astronomy Edit The stars of Pisces were incorporated into several constellations in Chinese astronomy Wai ping Outer Enclosure was a fence that kept a pig farmer from falling into the marshes and kept the pigs where they belonged It was represented by Alpha Delta Epsilon Zeta Mu Nu and Xi Piscium The marshes were represented by the four stars designated Phi Ceti The northern fish of Pisces was a part of the House of the Sandal Koui siou 38 Astrology Edit Main article Pisces astrology Pisces is a dim zodiac constellation between Aquarius and Aries While astrological sign water sign Pisces is deemed to fix on ecliptical longitudes 330 to 0 when the sun figures at these it is now mostly in Aquarius due to the precession from when the constellation and the sign coincided Precession results in Western astrology s zodiacal divisions thus not corresponding in the current era to the constellations that carry alike names 39 while Jyotiṣa widely used in Hindu and Jain culture will assign 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