Where and when would we be able to view the Pisces constellation?

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I need the following information:

Location , Distance in light years; time of year viewed and from what hemisphere.

THANK YOU :D !Where and when would we be able to view the Pisces constellation?Location: Right Ascension 1 hr. Declination +15 degrees. Its in the northern skies, visible between latitudes +90 degrees and 鈭?5 degrees.



There is no "distance" in light years for a constellation, since it is simply the pattern people see in the random arrangement of stars at different distances (the stars in a constellation are not related to each other). The stars in Pisces are anywhere from about 15 to about 2300 light years away.



It can be seen all year in the northern hemisphere between September and January, best seen around 9 p.m. during the month of November.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisces_(con鈥?/a>Where and when would we be able to view the Pisces constellation?
Location: Right Ascension: 1 hour; Declination: 15 degrees



Distance: Like all constellations it is made up of stars that are all at different distances from Earth. The 3 brightest stars are Alrisha 139 light years away, Fum al Samakah 492 light years away, and Torcularis Septentrionalis 142 light years away. None of these stars is very bright and probably cannot even be seen from most cities because the outdoor lights make to sky too bright at night.

Also, Van Maanen's star is in Pisces. It is one of the closest stars, only 14 light years away, but it is a white dwarf star and very small and dim, so even though it is quite close to us it takes a pretty big telescope to even glimpse it.



Time of year viewed from either hemisphere: Best seen in November (at 9:00 PM)Where and when would we be able to view the Pisces constellation?Distance? Constellations are stars that are viewed together when seen from Earth. The stars within almost all constellations (exception Pleiades - the littlest dipper) are completely unrelated to each other. Pisces contains the red dwarf Van Maanen's Star at 14 light years and a visible galaxy M74 at 30 million light years. The "bright" stars in the constellation range from 45 light years to 500 light years (see list linked below). Most of these stars are pretty far away -- none of the stars in Pisces are particularly bright or famous.



As a sign in the Astrological Zodiac, Pisces lies along the ecliptic (sky's equator). This means that it can be seen from both hemispheres.



According to Universe Today (see below), "It can be seen by all observers located at latitudes between +90掳 and -65掳 and is best seen at culmination during the month of February." I'm assuming that + means north as used by that web site, but could be wrong. Remember to cite UT in your report. That's where the best information came from.Where and when would we be able to view the Pisces constellation?
Pisces is an autumn constellation (at least in the northern hemisphere). It can only be seen at this time of year just before sunrise. It is visible from both hemispheres, but it would be a spring constellation in the southern hemisphere,



It's impossible to say how far away any constellation is, because its stars are at many different distances from the Sun: all they have in common is that they all lie in the same general direction as seen from Earth.



If you want references and the distances of individual stars, look up Pisces in Wikipedia.



[Edit] There are a couple of amazing errors in the above answers! One has Pisces visible in the evening sky at present, and another has it best seen in February. Both of these answers are dead wrong! What's really amazing is that the February date is from a web site and author I'd always though was reliable. I guess everyone has a bad day, but it shows you how unreliable the internet is.Where and when would we be able to view the Pisces constellation?Pisces is in the sky right now in the evenings. It is easy to find - for northern hemisphere observers look in the western sky around 10pm. The improbably bright star you see there is the planet Venus which is currently in Pisces. The distance to Pisces is an irrelevance - it is an area of sky rather than an object. Each object in it is at a different distance.Where and when would we be able to view the Pisces constellation?
The planet Venus is indeed visible in the west after sunset, however the constellation I see through my window looks a lot like Gemini to me, which would make sense considering that the Sun just entered this sign of zodiac. At this time of the year I would look for Pisces in the east before sunrise.
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