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 0574→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930
1 June 0574 2 June 0574 3 June 0574 4 June 0574 5 June 0574 6 June 0574 7 June 0574 8 June 0574 9 June 0574 10 June 0574 11 June 0574 12 June 0574 13 June 0574 14 June 0574 15 June 0574 16 June 0574 17 June 0574 18 June 0574 19 June 0574 20 June 0574 21 June 0574 22 June 0574 23 June 0574 24 June 0574 25 June 0574 26 June 0574 27 June 0574 28 June 0574 29 June 0574 30 June 0574 1 July 574
MD -530107 MD -530106 MD -530105 MD -530104 MD -530103 MD -530102 MD -530101 MD -530100 MD -530099 MD -530098 MD -530097 MD -530096 MD -530095 MD -530094 MD -530093 MD -530092 MD -530091 MD -530090 MD -530089 MD -530088 MD -530087 MD -530086 MD -530085 MD -530084 MD -530083 MD -530082 MD -530081 MD -530080 MD -530079 MD -530078 MD -530077