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 . The Sun passes directly overhead of the equator, on average, at approximately this point in the sky, at the March equinox .
17-670: [REDACTED] Look up tatara in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tatara may refer to: General uses [ edit ] Bond (Chinese constellation) , one of White Tiger's Stars Tatara Bridge , a bridge on the Shimanami Kaidō connecting Hiroshima Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture in Japan Tatara (furnace) , from the Japanese word for bellows Tatara (ship) ,
34-470: A natural but quite faint asterism in which the star 20 Psc is the head of the turtle. While Admiral Smyth mentioned the proposal, it was largely neglected by other astronomers, and it is now obsolete . 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
51-481: A small traditional canoe of the Yami people People [ edit ] Tatara (clan) , a Manchu clan Kacper Tatara , a Polish soccer player Tatara ( Fushigi Yūgi ) , a fictional character of the manga Fushigi Yūgi authored by Watase Yuu Tatara, the disguised name of the fictional female protagonist Sarasa, or the name of her brother, in the manga Basara authored by Tamura Yumi Topics referred to by
68-419: 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). Pisces originates from some composition of
85-525: 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). This story is also recorded by
102-510: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bond (Chinese constellation) [REDACTED] Map of Leu sieu Leu (or Low ) sieu ( simplified Chinese : 娄宿 ; traditional Chinese : 婁宿 ; pinyin : Lóu Xiù ) meaning "the Train of a garment", is one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions of traditional Chinese astronomy . It
119-471: Is located within the boundaries of Pisces. The March equinox is currently located in Pisces, due south of Psc, and, due to precession , slowly drifting due west, just below the western fish towards Aquarius . Although Pisces is a large constellation, there are only two stars brighter than magnitude 4 in Pisces. It is also the second dimmest of the zodiac constellations. Due to the dimness of these stars,
136-569: Is one of the mansions of the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎). The asterisms in the Region of Leu （婁宿天區） [ edit ] Asterism Chinese name Meaning Modern constellation Number of stars Alternative names Notes Representing Leu 婁（娄） the Train of a garment Aries 3 天狱 , 降婁 （降娄） , 郁车宫 The lasso which was used to hang
153-745: The Babylonian constellations Šinunutu 4 "the great swallow" in current western Pisces, and Anunitum the "Lady of the Heaven", 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"). 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
170-576: The Third Vatican Mythographer . In 1690, the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum regarded the constellation Pisces as being composed of four subdivisions: " Piscis Austrinus " more often refers to a separate constellation in its own right. In 1754, the botanist and author John Hill proposed to sever a southern zone of Pisces as Testudo (the Turtle). 24 – 27 – YY(30) – 33 – 29 Psc., It would host
187-497: 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). 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). There
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#1732764650681204-430: The constellation is essentially invisible in or near any major city due to light pollution . 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
221-605: 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 . The stars of Pisces were incorporated into several constellations in Chinese astronomy . Wai-ping ("Outer Enclosure")
238-553: The sacrificed animal and the sickle for cutting the harvest Tso Kang 左更 the Left Watch Aries 5 Forestry manager Yew Kang 右更 The Right-hand Watch Pisces 5 Livestock manager Tien Yuen 天倉 （天仓） Heaven's Temporary Granary Cetus 6 Second granary which was used in agriculture and harvesting Tien Yu 天庾 Heaven's Temporary Granary Fornax 3 Third granary which
255-462: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tatara . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tatara&oldid=992252783 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
272-558: 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 . It is the brightest member of the M74 Group . NGC 488 is an isolated face-on prototypical spiral galaxy. Two supernovae have been observed in the galaxy. NGC 520 is a pair of colliding galaxies located 105 million light-years away. CL 0024+1654
289-2650: Was used in agriculture and harvesting Tien Ta Tseang 天大將軍 （天大将军） Heaven's Great General Andromeda Perseus Triangulum 11 天將軍, 大將軍 , 將軍 The great general of the heavens and ten subordinate officers Notes [ edit ] ^ （ ）: simplified Chinese ^ Allen (1899) p.82. ^ Allen (1899) p.64. ( Allen misidenticfied it with ε Ara . ) ^ Allen (1899) p.343. ^ Allen (1899) p.164. ^ Allen (1899) p.221. ^ 『開元占経』 「巻66 石氏中官占 中」 ^ 『晋書』 「天文志」 ^ 『宋史』 「天文志」 ^ Allen (1899) p.37. See also [ edit ] Traditional Chinese star names References [ edit ] Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning ( rep . ed.). New York , NY : Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-21079-0 . 大崎正次 (1987). 『中国の星座の歴史』 雄山閣出版. External links [ edit ] 陳冠中, 陳輝樺 「中國古代的星象系統 (71)： 婁宿天區」 - 天文教育資訊網 (AEEA) v t e Chinese constellations Three Enclosures (三垣) Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣) Supreme Palace enclosure (太微垣) Heavenly Market enclosure (天市垣) Four Symbols (四象) and Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿) East – Azure Dragon (青龍) Horn (角) Neck (亢) Root (氐) Room (房) Heart (心) Tail (尾) Winnowing Basket (箕) South – Vermilion Bird (朱雀) Well (井) Ghost (鬼) Willow (柳) Star (星) Extended Net (張) Wings (翼) Chariot (軫) West – White Tiger (白虎) Legs (奎) Bond (婁) Stomach (胃) Hairy Head (昴) Net (畢) Turtle Beak (觜) Three Stars (參) North – Black Tortoise (玄武) Dipper (斗) Ox (牛) Girl (女) Emptiness (虛) Rooftop (危) Encampment (室) Wall (壁) Center – Yellow Dragon (黃龍) Earth Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bond_(Chinese_constellation)&oldid=1216728716 " Category : Chinese constellations Hidden categories: Articles containing simplified Chinese-language text Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from August 2009 All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from November 2016 Articles with permanently dead external links Pisces (constellation) The right ascension / declination 00
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