IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Cancer
The Crab
OriginAncient
AbbreviationCnc
GenitiveCancri
Pronunciation/ˈkænsər/ genitive /ˈkæŋkraɪ/
CAN-ser
LocationNorthern Hemisphere
Primary StarTarf (β Cancri)
Right Ascention 8h 17m Declination +9° 11'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.238h (14.3m)
When Hercules was fighting the Lernaean Hydra as the second of his Twelve Labors, Hera sent a huge crab to assist the Hydra by snapping at Hercules’ heels. Hercules crushed the crab and Hera placed it in the heavens as the constellation Cancer.
www.underthesky.com
Cancer as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←June 0496→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 June 0496 2 June 0496 3 June 0496 4 June 0496 5 June 0496 6 June 0496 7 June 0496 8 June 0496 9 June 0496 10 June 0496 11 June 0496 12 June 0496 13 June 0496 14 June 0496 15 June 0496 16 June 0496 17 June 0496 18 June 0496 19 June 0496 20 June 0496 21 June 0496 22 June 0496 23 June 0496 24 June 0496 25 June 0496 26 June 0496 27 June 0496 28 June 0496 29 June 0496 30 June 0496 1 July 496 17 Phoenix -592 18 Phoenix -592 19 Phoenix -592 20 Phoenix -592 21 Phoenix -592 22 Phoenix -592 23 Phoenix -592 24 Phoenix -592 25 Phoenix -592 26 Phoenix -592 27 Phoenix -592 28 Phoenix -592
MD -558595 MD -558594 MD -558593 MD -558592 MD -558591 MD -558590 MD -558589 MD -558588 MD -558587 MD -558586 MD -558585 MD -558584 MD -558583 MD -558582 MD -558581 MD -558580 MD -558579 MD -558578 MD -558577 MD -558576 MD -558575 MD -558574 MD -558573 MD -558572 MD -558571 MD -558570 MD -558569 MD -558568 MD -558567 MD -558566 MD -558565 MS -543460 MS -543461 MS -543462 MS -543463 MS -543464 MS -543465 MS -543466 MS -543467 MS -543468 MS -543469 MS -543470 MS -543471