Guide to Space
Reticulum
[/caption] Located south of the ecliptic plane, the small, faint constellation of Reticulum was first named Rhombus by astronomical clock…
Pyxis
[/caption] The constellation of Pyxis is located south of the ecliptic plane. At one time its stars were considered part…
Puppis
[/caption] The constellation of Puppis once belonged to a much larger constellation known as Argo Navis - the mythological ship…
Piscis Austrinus
[/caption] Located just south of the ecliptic plane, Piscis Austrinus was one of the original 48 constellations charted by Ptolemy,…
What is the Milky Way Collision?
Billions of years from now, the Milky Way will look totally different, as pictured to the left. When you look…
Pisces
[/caption] Located on the ecliptic plane, Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac and one of the 48 original constellations…
The Milky Way and Andromeda
[/caption] The Andromeda galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way (though it's not the closest galaxy). It's…
Pictor
[/caption] The small constellation of Pictor resides just south of the ecliptic plane and was created by Nicolas Louis de…
Mass of the Milky Way
[/caption] The mass of the Milky Way depends on what you consider this question to mean. If you are only…
Map of the Milky Way
[/caption] The Milky Way is pretty hard to map, given that we live inside of it and have to peer…