Pisces

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Map created in Guide 7.0 with the figure outline based on Johannes Hevelius' Uranographia (1690). Click on the object's name to access its image or click on the name of adjacent constellation to see its map.

Pisces, the Fishes depict, according to Greek myth, Venus and Cupid who escaped fire-breathing Thypoon but diving into Euphrates (Eridanus) and transforming into two fish.

There is plenty of galaxies in this constellation - M74 being the best known and brightest of them.

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