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 1572→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 June 1572 2 June 1572 3 June 1572 4 June 1572 5 June 1572 6 June 1572 7 June 1572 8 June 1572 9 June 1572 10 June 1572 11 June 1572 12 June 1572 13 June 1572 14 June 1572 15 June 1572 16 June 1572 17 June 1572 18 June 1572 19 June 1572 20 June 1572 21 June 1572 22 June 1572 23 June 1572 24 June 1572 25 June 1572 26 June 1572 27 June 1572 28 June 1572 29 June 1572 30 June 1572 1 July 1572
MD -165595 MD -165594 MD -165593 MD -165592 MD -165591 MD -165590 MD -165589 MD -165588 MD -165587 MD -165586 MD -165585 MD -165584 MD -165583 MD -165582 MD -165581 MD -165580 MD -165579 MD -165578 MD -165577 MD -165576 MD -165575 MD -165574 MD -165573 MD -165572 MD -165571 MD -165570 MD -165569 MD -165568 MD -165567 MD -165566 MD -165565