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Pisces
Pisces may refer to: * Pisces, an obsolete (because of land vertebrates) taxonomic superclass including all fish *Pisces (astrology), an astrological sign *Pisces (constellation), a constellation **Pisces Overdensity, an overdensity of stars in the Milky Way's halo that is situated in the Pisces constellation **Pisces II (dwarf galaxy), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way **Pisces Dwarf, a satellite galaxy of the Triangulum Galaxy **Pisces (Chinese astronomy), the division of the sky in traditional Chinese uranography that lies across the modern constellation Pisces * PISCES (Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System), a border control database system administered by the United States Department of State * ''Pisces'' (album), a 1961 album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers *Pisces (comics), a Marvel Comics character * Pisces-class deep submergence vehicle, a class of three-person research deep-submergence vehicles * NOAAS ''Pisces'' (R 226), an American fishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces (astrology)
Pisces () (; grc, Ἰχθύες ''Ikhthyes'') is the twelfth and final astrological sign in the zodiac. It is a negative, mutable sign. It spans 330° to 360° of celestial longitude. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this area between February 19 and March 20. In classical interpretations, the symbol of the fish is derived from the ichthyocentaurs, who aided Aphrodite when she was born from the sea. According to some tropical astrologers, the current astrological age is the Age of Pisces,Nicholas Campion, (1988) ''The Book of World Horoscopes'' Aquarian Press, Wellingborough while others maintain that currently it is the Age of Aquarius. Background While the astrological sign Pisces per definition runs from ecliptic longitude 330° to 0°, this position is now mostly covered by the constellation of Aquarius due to the precession from when the constellation and the sign coincided. Today, the First Point of Aries, or the vernal equinox, is in the Pisces conste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces-class Deep Submergence Vehicle
''Pisces class submersibles'' are three person research deep-submergence vehicles designed and built by Hyco International Hydrodynamics of North Vancouver in British Columbia with a maximum operating depth of 2,000 m (6,560 ft). The vehicles have multiple view ports, sample collecting, environmental sensing, and instrument placement capabilities. The pressure hull has a inside diameter and is made of HY-100 steel with 3 forward-looking acrylic windows, in diameter. Designed by Allan Trice, the ''Pisces'' series of submersibles are representative of early crewed submersibles built in the late 1960s and were proven workhorses in offshore exploration and oceanographic research. ''Pisces II'' was the first production model of the design and was completed in 1968, with 9 more ''Pisces'' subs built before the manufacturer folded in the late 1970s. 1973 ''Pisces'' III rescue ''Pisces III'' was being used to bury cable and repeaters of the CANTAT-2 transatlantic telephone ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces (comics)
Pisces is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Publication history The original Pisces first appeared in ''Avengers'' #72 (January 1970), and was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema. The character subsequently appears in ''Avengers'' #120-123 (February–May 1974), ''Ghost Rider'' #7 (August 1974), ''Iron Man'' #184 (July 1984), and ''West Coast Avengers'' #26 (November 1987), in which he is killed. Pisces appeared as part of the "Zodiac" entry in the '' Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #20. Fictional character biography Noah Perricone Noah Perricone is a founding member of the Zodiac, and his base of operations was Miami, Florida. The Zodiac Cartel was founded by Cornelius van Lunt (Taurus), handpicking the eleven other members; van Lunt concealed his own identity, while he was the only one who knew the identities of the others. Each member was based in a different American city a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces (constellation)
Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac. Its vast bulk – and main asterism viewed in most European cultures per Greco-Roman antiquity as a distant pair of fishes connected by one cord each that join at an apex – are in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Its old astronomical symbol is (♓︎). Its name is Latin for "fishes". It is between Aquarius, of similar size, to the southwest and Aries, which is smaller, to the east. The ecliptic and the celestial equator intersect within this constellation and in Virgo. This means the sun passes directly overhead of the equator, on average, at approximately this point in the sky, at the March equinox. Features The March equinox is currently located in Pisces, due south of ω Psc, and, due to precession, slowly drifting due west, just below the western fish towards Aquarius. Stars * Alrescha ("the cord"), otherwise Alpha Piscium (α Psc), 309.8 lightyears, class A2, magnitude 3.62. Variable binary star. * Fumalsamakah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NOAAS Pisces (R 226)
NOAAS ''Pisces'' (R 226) is an American fisheries and oceanographic research vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet since 2009. Construction and commissioning ''Pisces'' was built by VT Halter Marine at Moss Point, Mississippi, and was launched on 19 December 2007, sponsored by Dr. Annette Nevin Shelby, the wife of United States Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. The ship was commissioned into service as NOAAS ''Pisces'' (R 226) on 6 November 2009. To name the ship and promote interest in science, NOAA held a regional contest requiring submission of a proposed name and an accompanying essay supporting the choice of name. The winning entry, submitted by five seventh graders at Sacred Heart Elementary School in Southaven, Mississippi, was ''Pisces''. Characteristics and capabilities Capable of conducting multidisciplinary oceanographic operations in support of biological, chemical, and physical process studies, ''Pisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PISCES
Pisces may refer to: * Pisces, an obsolete (because of land vertebrates) taxonomic superclass including all fish *Pisces (astrology), an astrological sign *Pisces (constellation), a constellation **Pisces Overdensity, an overdensity of stars in the Milky Way's halo that is situated in the Pisces constellation **Pisces II (dwarf galaxy), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way **Pisces Dwarf, a satellite galaxy of the Triangulum Galaxy **Pisces (Chinese astronomy), the division of the sky in traditional Chinese uranography that lies across the modern constellation Pisces * PISCES (Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System), a border control database system administered by the United States Department of State * ''Pisces'' (album), a 1961 album by Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers *Pisces (comics), a Marvel Comics character * Pisces-class deep submergence vehicle, a class of three-person research deep-submergence vehicles * NOAAS ''Pisces'' (R 226), an American fishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces II (dwarf Galaxy)
Pisces II (Psc II) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the Pisces constellation and discovered in 2010 in the data obtained by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The galaxy is located at the distance of about 180 kpc (kilo parsecs) from the Sun. It is classified as a dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph) meaning that it has an elongated shape with the half-light radius of about 60 pc and ratio of the axis of about 5:3. Pisces II is one of the smallest and faintest satellites of the Milky Way—its integrated luminosity is about 10,000 times that of the Sun ( absolute magnitude of about −5), which corresponds to the luminosity of an average globular cluster. The stellar population of Pisces II consists mainly of moderately old stars formed 10–12 billion years ago. The metallicity of these old stars is low at , which means that the percentage of their mass that consists of "heavy metals" is no more than of the corresponding percentage in the Sun. In 2016, follow-up work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces Dwarf
The Pisces Dwarf, also known as Pisces I, is an irregular dwarf galaxy that is part of the Local Group. The galaxy, taking its name from the constellation Pisces where it appears, is suspected of being a satellite galaxy of the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). It displays a blueshift, as it is approaching the Milky Way at 287 km/s. It may be transition-type galaxy, somewhere between dwarf spheroidal and dwarf irregular An irregular galaxy is a galaxy that does not have a distinct regular shape, unlike a spiral or an elliptical galaxy. Irregular galaxies do not fall into any of the regular classes of the Hubble sequence, and they are often chaotic in appearance, .... Alternatively, it may be a rare, but statistically acceptable, version of one of the two types. History It was discovered by Valentina Karachentseva in 1976. Star formation history Apparently, the star formation rate in the Pisces Dwarf has been declining for the past 10 billion years. Most of the galaxy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces (band)
Pisces was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois, in 1967. During the band's existence, they recorded two singles and an album's worth of unreleased material before disbanding. In 2009, the Numero Group released the album ''A Lovely Sight'', which compiles Pisces' songs from the original studio sessions. Highlighted by the singing of vocalist Linda Bruner, the record label distributed a follow-up EP focused exclusively on her previously-unreleased studio work. History A loose affiliation of musicians, Pisces' core members were Paul DiVenti (keyboards, vocals) and Jim Krein (lead guitar), who both originally partnered together to record a promo single in 1967. Krein visited San Francisco in the same year, becoming immersed in the city's psychedelic music scene, and returned to form the band Pisces with DiVenti, as well as Dale Taylor (rhythm guitar, vocals), Carl Van Laningham (drums), and Red Balderama (banjo, bass guitar). More of a recording project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces Overdensity
The Pisces Overdensity is a clump of stars in the Milky Way's halo, which may be a disrupted dwarf spheroidal galaxy. It is situated in the Pisces constellation and was discovered in 2009 by analysis of distribution of RR Lyrae stars in the data obtained by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey The Sloan Digital Sky Survey or SDSS is a major multi-spectral imaging and spectroscopic redshift survey using a dedicated 2.5-m wide-angle optical telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico, United States. The project began in 2000 a ...'s data. The galaxy is located at the distance of about 80 kpc from the Sun and moves towards it with a speed of about 75 km/s. The Pisces Overdensity is one of the faintest satellites of the Milky Way. Its mass is estimated to be at least 105 Solar masses. However it has a large size of about several degrees (around 1 kpc) and may be in a transitional phase between a gravitationally bound galaxy and completely unbound system. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pisces (Chinese Astronomy)
The modern constellation Pisces lies across two of the quadrants symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, ''Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ'') and White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, ''Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ''), and Three Enclosures (三垣, ''Sān Yuán''), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography. The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 雙魚座 (''shuāng yú zuò''), which means "the pair of fish constellation". Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Pisces area consists of : See also * Chinese astronomy * Traditional Chinese star names *Chinese constellations Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese ''xīng guān''). The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic t ... References {{reflist External linksPisces – Chinese associations [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of living fish species are ray-finned fish, belonging to the class Actinopterygii, with around 99% of those being teleosts. The earliest organisms that can be classified as fish were soft-bodied chordates that first appeared during the Cambrian period. Although they lacked a true spine, they possessed notochords which allowed them to be more agile than their invertebrate counterparts. Fish would continue to evolve through the Paleozoic era, diversifying into a wide variety of forms. Many fish of the Paleozoic developed external armor that protected them from predators. The first fish with jaws appeared in the Silurian period, after which many (such as sharks) became formidable marine predators rather than just the prey of arthropods. Mos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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