✨ Pisces

Psc · fish (plural) · Northern sky

Pisces is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin, meaning fish (plural); stars within it are named in the genitive form Piscium.

Facts about Pisces

Constellation	Pisces
IAU abbreviation	Psc
Genitive (Latin)	Piscium
Meaning	fish (plural)
Brightest star	Alpherg (apparent magnitude 3.61)
Area	889 square degrees
Hemisphere	Northern
Messier objects here	1

Deep-sky objects in Pisces

M74 — Phantom Galaxy (Galaxy, mag 9.4)

Data: IAU-designated constellations & the Messier catalogue, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.