It is very dim, which makes it difficult for amateur astronomers to observe. It is believed to contain about million stars. Several other dim galaxies can also be found here as well.
The most notable of these is NGC , a spiral galaxy with tightly-wrapped spiral arms and dark dust lanes. To search this site, type your search word s in the box below and click the search button:. All rights reserved. Content from this Website may not be used in any form without written permission from the site owner.
Sea and Sky receives commissions for purchases made through links on this site. Visit Us on Facebook. Roll mouse over to see labels. Source: Stellarium. Date First Appeared Ancient. Sky Area 2. Messier Objects Pisces contains the following Messier object: M Caldwell Objects Pisces contains no Caldwell objects.
Brightest Objects in Pisces. Follow intheskyorg. The planet has roughly the same mass as Saturn and orbits the star at a distance of 0.
It takes 52 days to complete an orbit. Piscium is a yellow subgiant star with the stellar classification of G8 IV. It has an apparent magnitude of 6. It is older than the Sun and has a similar mass; 98 percent that of the Sun.
The star is slightly larger, with a radius 1. It is believed to be about 7. Two planets have been detected orbiting the star. One completes an orbit every 7. The Circlet asterism is located south of Pegasus constellation , in the western fish of Pisces. Testudo is formed by the stars 24, 27, YY 30 , 33 and 29 Piscium. In , the astronomer John Hill suggested that this region of Pisces should be a separate constellation, called Testudo, or the Turtle.
His proposal was neglected by most astronomers at the time. Messier 74 is a spiral galaxy seen face-on. With two very clearly defined spiral arms, M74 is a textbook example of a grand design spiral galaxy. It is believed to contain about billion stars. M74 has a low surface brightness and of all the Messier objects it is the one most difficult for amateur astronomers to observe.
It is located 1. The grand-design spiral galaxy Messier 74 as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Acknowledgment: R. Chandar University of Toledo and J. Miller University of Michigan. Messier subsequently included the galaxy in his catalogue. SNap was one of the rare Type Ic supernovae, also known as hypernovae, discovered in recent years.
Hypernovae are supernovae events with a substantially higher amount of energy than regular supernovae, and are believed to be the origin of long-duration gamma-ray bursts, which are some of the most energetic events observed in space. In March , an ultraluminous X-ray source was discovered in Messier 74 which emitted more X-ray power than a neutron star in periods of about every two hours, indicating the presence of an intermediate-mass black hole.
The suspected black hole is believed to have a mass of 10, Suns. Other members of the group include NGC , a peculiar spiral galaxy, and a few smaller irregular galaxies. The cluster lenses a galaxy located behind it, which results in arc-like images of the galaxy in the background. The cluster is approximately 3.
A blue smudge near the cluster center is likely another image of the same background galaxy. In all, a recent analysis postulated that at least 33 images of 11 separate background galaxies are discernable. Image: NASA. NGC is a barred spiral galaxy located about It stretches across , light years. Riess et al. The galaxy is a strong radio source. The galaxy has an apparent magnitude of CGCG is a spiral galaxy in Pisces. CGCG , the eye-catching spiral galaxy in the image, shows a very pronounced curling tail.
The companion galaxy, located to the bottom-right of the image, displays an intricate structure, including a number of trails that extend quite far out from its core. Top deep sky objects in Pisces. Sky Chart of Pisces Constellation Here we provide a simplified sky chart of the Pisces constellation.
Alternatively it is possible to locate Pisces in the night sky using our Online Interactive Planetarium. In case of very large constellations like Pisces actually is these times can have little relevance. The table below lists the top 20 brightest stars in the Pisces constellation.
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