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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 .
Nu Piscium (ν Piscium) is an orange-hued binary star [7] system in the zodiac constellation of Pisces. Prior to the formation of the modern constellation boundaries in 1930, it was designated 51 Ceti in the Cetus constellation. [8] Nu Piscium is visible to the naked eye, having a combined apparent visual magnitude of 4.44. [2]
Kappa Piscium (κ Piscium) is a solitary, [10] white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces.It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.94, [2] forming the southeastern corner of the "Circlet" asterism in Pisces.
Zeta Piscium (ζ Piscium, abbreviated Zet Psc, ζ Psc) is a quintuple [2] star system in the zodiac constellation of Pisces.Based upon parallax measurements obtained during the Hipparcos mission, it is located roughly 170 light-years (52 parsecs) distant from the Sun.
Omicron Piscium (ο Piscium, abbreviated Omi Psc, ο Psc) is a binary star in the constellation of Pisces. It is visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.27. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 11.67 mas as seen from the Earth, [1] the system is located roughly 280 light-years from the Sun.
Psi 2 Piscium (ψ 2 Piscium) is a white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +5.56. [2] Based upon an annual parallax shift of 8.66 mas as seen from Earth, [1] it is located about 380 light years from the Sun.
Sigma Piscium (Sigma Psc, σ Piscium, σ Psc) is a main-sequence star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces.It has an apparent magnitude of +5.50, meaning it is barely visible to the naked eye, according to the Bortle scale.
Xi Piscium (ξ Piscium) is an orange-hued binary star [8] system in the zodiac constellation of Pisces.In 1690, the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum regarded the constellation Pisces as being composed of four subdivisions.