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2 Background Information 3 Scientific Facts

According to Pisces is not home to any big
AstronomyTrek.com:
A constellation is simply a collection of stars, but is home to several
stars, imaginatively linked together to galaxies.
represent a person, animal, or object in The most known galaxy is M74:
Pisces the night sky.

Their purpose is to help those It is the 14th largest

studying the heavens to be able to
recognize and locate stars easier. constellation.
Latin for fish (plural) As of 1922, there are 88 889 square degrees in size
constellations. It is one of the constellations
48 constellations are based on
associated with water.
mythology recorded in 150 AD.
Many constellations are part of Pisces is one of the more popular
Laura Janovec families or ground of Zodiac constellations.
Spring 2017 constellations that are related by
myths.
4 Visibility
Located in the 1st quadrant of
the Northern Hemisphere
Pisces is visible to those
between +90 degrees and -65
degrees.
Look to the North to view
Pisces.
Light pollution can block the
visibility of his constellation.
It is associated with water
because it was visible during
the rainy season in Ancient
Middle East.
5 Origins
The Pisces constellation was
discovered in the 2nd Century by
Ptolemy.
The origins of the constellation
are found in Babylonia
The constellation is made of two
fish tied together with a rope.
The bottom star - Alpha Piscium)
represents the knot in the rope.
6 Mythology
Pisces constellation comes from
a Roman myth about Venus
and Cupid.
The myth states that Venus and
Cupid transformed themselves
into fish in order to escape from
the monster Typhon.
Typhon was punishing the Gods
for actions the Titans
performed.
Venus and Cupid tied
themselves together with a rope
so they would not lose each
other in the water.