Pisces and Cetus - Downloadable article A shipload of galaxies
rides high above the watery constellations Pisces the Fish and
Cetus the Whale. March 3, 2009 |This downloadable article is
from an Astronomy magazine 45-article series called "Celestial
Portraits." The collection highlights all 88 constellations in
the sky and explains how to observe each constellation's deep-
sky targets. The articles feature star charts, stunning
pictures, and constellation mythology. We've put together 11
digital packages. Each one contains four Celestial Portraits
articles for you to purchase and download.| "Pisces and Cetus"
is one of four articles included in Celestial Portraits Package
3. Just before winter's onslaught of storms, autumn typically
brings the clearest skies. On the meridian we find a star-poor
region of the sky that is often bypassed for the starry Milky
Way fields to the north. But Pisces and Cetus do hold some
telescopic treasures that include a resolvable galaxy, a nearby
planetary nebula, and one of the s