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 0994→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
1 June 0994 2 June 0994 3 June 0994 4 June 0994 5 June 0994 6 June 0994 7 June 0994 8 June 0994 9 June 0994 10 June 0994 11 June 0994 12 June 0994 13 June 0994 14 June 0994 15 June 0994 16 June 0994 17 June 0994 18 June 0994 19 June 0994 20 June 0994 21 June 0994 22 June 0994 23 June 0994 24 June 0994 25 June 0994 26 June 0994 27 June 0994 28 June 0994 29 June 0994 30 June 0994 1 July 994
MD -376705 MD -376704 MD -376703 MD -376702 MD -376701 MD -376700 MD -376699 MD -376698 MD -376697 MD -376696 MD -376695 MD -376694 MD -376693 MD -376692 MD -376691 MD -376690 MD -376689 MD -376688 MD -376687 MD -376686 MD -376685 MD -376684 MD -376683 MD -376682 MD -376681 MD -376680 MD -376679 MD -376678 MD -376677 MD -376676 MD -376675