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Pisces represents a picture of two fish tied together. Pisces is well known for its “circlet”. The circlet is a circle of seven stars that make up one of the fish’s heads. Pisces also has a lot of double stars like Theta Piscium and Alpha Piscium. Another interesting fact about Pisces it has a spiral galaxy called M 74. The brightest star in the constellation is Eta Piscium. Also there is a star in the constellation called TX Piscium that changes its brightness. It is in the Red Giant stage and is blood red in color. It is 760 light years away. Pisces is close to the constellations Aries, Pegasus, Aquarius, Cetus, and Andromeda.

 



CLASS VI DIRECTORY