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 0885→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 June 0885 2 June 0885 3 June 0885 4 June 0885 5 June 0885 6 June 0885 7 June 0885 8 June 0885 9 June 0885 10 June 0885 11 June 0885 12 June 0885 13 June 0885 14 June 0885 15 June 0885 16 June 0885 17 June 0885 18 June 0885 19 June 0885 20 June 0885 21 June 0885 22 June 0885 23 June 0885 24 June 0885 25 June 0885 26 June 0885 27 June 0885 28 June 0885 29 June 0885 30 June 0885 1 July 885
MD -416516 MD -416515 MD -416514 MD -416513 MD -416512 MD -416511 MD -416510 MD -416509 MD -416508 MD -416507 MD -416506 MD -416505 MD -416504 MD -416503 MD -416502 MD -416501 MD -416500 MD -416499 MD -416498 MD -416497 MD -416496 MD -416495 MD -416494 MD -416493 MD -416492 MD -416491 MD -416490 MD -416489 MD -416488 MD -416487 MD -416486