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 0798→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930
1 June 0798 2 June 0798 3 June 0798 4 June 0798 5 June 0798 6 June 0798 7 June 0798 8 June 0798 9 June 0798 10 June 0798 11 June 0798 12 June 0798 13 June 0798 14 June 0798 15 June 0798 16 June 0798 17 June 0798 18 June 0798 19 June 0798 20 June 0798 21 June 0798 22 June 0798 23 June 0798 24 June 0798 25 June 0798 26 June 0798 27 June 0798 28 June 0798 29 June 0798 30 June 0798 1 July 798
MD -448293 MD -448292 MD -448291 MD -448290 MD -448289 MD -448288 MD -448287 MD -448286 MD -448285 MD -448284 MD -448283 MD -448282 MD -448281 MD -448280 MD -448279 MD -448278 MD -448277 MD -448276 MD -448275 MD -448274 MD -448273 MD -448272 MD -448271 MD -448270 MD -448269 MD -448268 MD -448267 MD -448266 MD -448265 MD -448264 MD -448263