Psc - Pisces the Fishes
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Intro and Visual description
South of Pegasus and Andromeda, near Aquarius. Pisces represents two fish tied together by two cords:
- The western fish, a pentagon of stars just south of Pegasus, is an asterism known as the circlet.
- The other fish lies on the opposite side of Pegasus, just under Andromeda.
The brightest star, alpha-Piscium, is known as El-Rischa or the "knot" because it ties the two cords together with the two fish on the opposite ends. Alpha-Piscium lies nestled up next to Mira, a bright variable star of the constellation Cetus the Whale.