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 1809→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 June 1809 2 June 1809 3 June 1809 4 June 1809 5 June 1809 6 June 1809 7 June 1809 8 June 1809 9 June 1809 10 June 1809 11 June 1809 12 June 1809 13 June 1809 14 June 1809 15 June 1809 16 June 1809 17 June 1809 18 June 1809 19 June 1809 20 June 1809 21 June 1809 22 June 1809 23 June 1809 24 June 1809 25 June 1809 26 June 1809 27 June 1809 28 June 1809 29 June 1809 30 June 1809 1 July 1809 19 Delphinus 105 20 Delphinus 105 21 Delphinus 105 22 Delphinus 105 23 Delphinus 105 24 Delphinus 105 25 Delphinus 105 26 Delphinus 105 27 Delphinus 105 28 Delphinus 105 1 Grus 105 2 Grus 105 3 Grus 105 4 Grus 105 5 Grus 105 6 Grus 105 7 Grus 105 8 Grus 105 9 Grus 105 10 Grus 105 11 Grus 105 12 Grus 105 13 Grus 105 14 Grus 105 15 Grus 105 16 Grus 105 17 Grus 105 18 Grus 105 19 Grus 105 20 Grus 105
MD -79033 MD -79032 MD -79031 MD -79030 MD -79029 MD -79028 MD -79027 MD -79026 MD -79025 MD -79024 MD -79023 MD -79022 MD -79021 MD -79020 MD -79019 MD -79018 MD -79017 MD -79016 MD -79015 MD -79014 MD -79013 MD -79012 MD -79011 MD -79010 MD -79009 MD -79008 MD -79007 MD -79006 MD -79005 MD -79004 MD -79003 MS -76888 MS -76887 MS -76886 MS -76885 MS -76884 MS -76883 MS -76882 MS -76881 MS -76880 MS -76879 MS -76878 MS -76877 MS -76876 MS -76875 MS -76874 MS -76873 MS -76872 MS -76871 MS -76870 MS -76869 MS -76868 MS -76867 MS -76866 MS -76865 MS -76864 MS -76863 MS -76862 MS -76861 MS -76860 MS -76859