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 1303→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 June 1303 2 June 1303 3 June 1303 4 June 1303 5 June 1303 6 June 1303 7 June 1303 8 June 1303 9 June 1303 10 June 1303 11 June 1303 12 June 1303 13 June 1303 14 June 1303 15 June 1303 16 June 1303 17 June 1303 18 June 1303 19 June 1303 20 June 1303 21 June 1303 22 June 1303 23 June 1303 24 June 1303 25 June 1303 26 June 1303 27 June 1303 28 June 1303 29 June 1303 30 June 1303 1 July 1303
MD -263846 MD -263845 MD -263844 MD -263843 MD -263842 MD -263841 MD -263840 MD -263839 MD -263838 MD -263837 MD -263836 MD -263835 MD -263834 MD -263833 MD -263832 MD -263831 MD -263830 MD -263829 MD -263828 MD -263827 MD -263826 MD -263825 MD -263824 MD -263823 MD -263822 MD -263821 MD -263820 MD -263819 MD -263818 MD -263817 MD -263816