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 1270→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
1 June 1270 2 June 1270 3 June 1270 4 June 1270 5 June 1270 6 June 1270 7 June 1270 8 June 1270 9 June 1270 10 June 1270 11 June 1270 12 June 1270 13 June 1270 14 June 1270 15 June 1270 16 June 1270 17 June 1270 18 June 1270 19 June 1270 20 June 1270 21 June 1270 22 June 1270 23 June 1270 24 June 1270 25 June 1270 26 June 1270 27 June 1270 28 June 1270 29 June 1270 30 June 1270 1 July 1270
MD -275898 MD -275897 MD -275896 MD -275895 MD -275894 MD -275893 MD -275892 MD -275891 MD -275890 MD -275889 MD -275888 MD -275887 MD -275886 MD -275885 MD -275884 MD -275883 MD -275882 MD -275881 MD -275880 MD -275879 MD -275878 MD -275877 MD -275876 MD -275875 MD -275874 MD -275873 MD -275872 MD -275871 MD -275870 MD -275869 MD -275868