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Far from any lights, the sky fills with stars. Drawn from real star positions; bigger dots are brighter stars. See it from a city or the suburbs in the app.

✨ Constellation

Pisces

The Fishes: two fish tied together with a cord, in a faint V of stars.

Name means: The Fishes
Best seen: November evenings
Where to see it: The northern half of Earth, and the tropics south of the equator
Brightest star: Alpherg
Stars in the pattern: 22

Did you know?

The point where the Sun crosses the equator in March now lies in Pisces, after Earth’s slow wobble moved it out of Aries.

In this part of the sky

Aquarius The Water-Bearer, pouring water across a part of the sky full of watery names. Aries The Ram: a small, bent line of stars, the first sign of the zodiac. Pegasus The winged horse, best known for the Great Square of four stars.

More NASA photos of PiscesStraight from NASA’s image library, in the app

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All of night sky

Orion The Hunter, with three bright stars in a row for his belt. Ursa Major The Great Bear, home of the Big Dipper. Ursa Minor The Little Bear, with Polaris at the tip of its tail. Cassiopeia A bright W of five stars, named after a boastful queen. Scorpius The Scorpion, with red Antares at its heart. Leo The Lion, whose head is a backwards question mark of stars.

Facts: Star patterns: d3-celestial (IAU figures, Hipparcos star data). Stories: traditional Greek and Roman myths. Open Pisces in the app.