Part of Pisces, including the First Point of Aries, which lies in a barren area of sky just to the right and above centre.

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Part of Pisces, including the First Point of Aries, which lies in a barren area of sky just to the right and above centre. This is the point where the ecliptic crosses the celestial equator, and is the zero point of the sky's coordinate system -- the equivalent of the Greenwich Meridian. At top right is the asterism known as the Circlet, while the lower half of the picture shows some stars in Cetus and Aquarius. Credit:Robin Scagell/Galaxy

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Keywords: aries, ascension, asterism, astronomy, celestial, circlet, constellation, constellations, dark, equator, equinox, hemisphere, night, northern, pisces, point, sky, space, spring, star, starry, stars, stellar, vernal, zodiac, zodiacal