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 1852→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930
1 June 1852 2 June 1852 3 June 1852 4 June 1852 5 June 1852 6 June 1852 7 June 1852 8 June 1852 9 June 1852 10 June 1852 11 June 1852 12 June 1852 13 June 1852 14 June 1852 15 June 1852 16 June 1852 17 June 1852 18 June 1852 19 June 1852 20 June 1852 21 June 1852 22 June 1852 23 June 1852 24 June 1852 25 June 1852 26 June 1852 27 June 1852 28 June 1852 29 June 1852 30 June 1852 1 July 1852 5 Aquila 128 6 Aquila 128 7 Aquila 128 8 Aquila 128 9 Aquila 128 10 Aquila 128 11 Aquila 128 12 Aquila 128 13 Aquila 128 14 Aquila 128 15 Aquila 128 16 Aquila 128 17 Aquila 128 18 Aquila 128 19 Aquila 128 20 Aquila 128 21 Aquila 128 22 Aquila 128 23 Aquila 128 24 Aquila 128 25 Aquila 128 26 Aquila 128 27 Aquila 128 1 Vulpecula 128 2 Vulpecula 128 3 Vulpecula 128 4 Vulpecula 128 5 Vulpecula 128 6 Vulpecula 128 7 Vulpecula 128
MD -63327 MD -63326 MD -63325 MD -63324 MD -63323 MD -63322 MD -63321 MD -63320 MD -63319 MD -63318 MD -63317 MD -63316 MD -63315 MD -63314 MD -63313 MD -63312 MD -63311 MD -63310 MD -63309 MD -63308 MD -63307 MD -63306 MD -63305 MD -63304 MD -63303 MD -63302 MD -63301 MD -63300 MD -63299 MD -63298 MD -63297 MS -61607 MS -61606 MS -61605 MS -61604 MS -61603 MS -61602 MS -61601 MS -61600 MS -61599 MS -61598 MS -61597 MS -61596 MS -61595 MS -61594 MS -61593 MS -61592 MS -61591 MS -61590 MS -61589 MS -61588 MS -61587 MS -61586 MS -61585 MS -61584 MS -61583 MS -61582 MS -61581 MS -61580 MS -61579 MS -61578