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 1901→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30
1 June 1901 2 June 1901 3 June 1901 4 June 1901 5 June 1901 6 June 1901 7 June 1901 8 June 1901 9 June 1901 10 June 1901 11 June 1901 12 June 1901 13 June 1901 14 June 1901 15 June 1901 16 June 1901 17 June 1901 18 June 1901 19 June 1901 20 June 1901 21 June 1901 22 June 1901 23 June 1901 24 June 1901 25 June 1901 26 June 1901 27 June 1901 28 June 1901 29 June 1901 30 June 1901 1 July 1901 7 Vulpecula 154 8 Vulpecula 154 9 Vulpecula 154 10 Vulpecula 154 11 Vulpecula 154 12 Vulpecula 154 13 Vulpecula 154 14 Vulpecula 154 15 Vulpecula 154 16 Vulpecula 154 17 Vulpecula 154 18 Vulpecula 154 19 Vulpecula 154 20 Vulpecula 154 21 Vulpecula 154 22 Vulpecula 154 23 Vulpecula 154 24 Vulpecula 154 25 Vulpecula 154 26 Vulpecula 154 27 Vulpecula 154 28 Vulpecula 154 1 Cygnus 154 2 Cygnus 154 3 Cygnus 154 4 Cygnus 154 5 Cygnus 154 6 Cygnus 154 7 Cygnus 154 8 Cygnus 154
MD -45431 MD -45430 MD -45429 MD -45428 MD -45427 MD -45426 MD -45425 MD -45424 MD -45423 MD -45422 MD -45421 MD -45420 MD -45419 MD -45418 MD -45417 MD -45416 MD -45415 MD -45414 MD -45413 MD -45412 MD -45411 MD -45410 MD -45409 MD -45408 MD -45407 MD -45406 MD -45405 MD -45404 MD -45403 MD -45402 MD -45401 MS -44194 MS -44193 MS -44192 MS -44191 MS -44190 MS -44189 MS -44188 MS -44187 MS -44186 MS -44185 MS -44184 MS -44183 MS -44182 MS -44181 MS -44180 MS -44179 MS -44178 MS -44177 MS -44176 MS -44175 MS -44174 MS -44173 MS -44172 MS -44171 MS -44170 MS -44169 MS -44168 MS -44167 MS -44166 MS -44165