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 2049→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930
1 June 2049 2 June 2049 3 June 2049 4 June 2049 5 June 2049 6 June 2049 7 June 2049 8 June 2049 9 June 2049 10 June 2049 11 June 2049 12 June 2049 13 June 2049 14 June 2049 15 June 2049 16 June 2049 17 June 2049 18 June 2049 19 June 2049 20 June 2049 21 June 2049 22 June 2049 23 June 2049 24 June 2049 25 June 2049 26 June 2049 27 June 2049 28 June 2049 29 June 2049 30 June 2049 1 July 2049 7 Hydra 233 8 Hydra 233 9 Hydra 233 10 Hydra 233 11 Hydra 233 12 Hydra 233 13 Hydra 233 14 Hydra 233 15 Hydra 233 16 Hydra 233 17 Hydra 233 18 Hydra 233 19 Hydra 233 20 Hydra 233 21 Hydra 233 22 Hydra 233 23 Hydra 233 24 Hydra 233 25 Hydra 233 26 Hydra 233 27 Hydra 233 28 Hydra 233 1 Corvus 233 2 Corvus 233 3 Corvus 233 4 Corvus 233 5 Corvus 233 6 Corvus 233 7 Corvus 233 8 Corvus 233
MD 8626 MD 8627 MD 8628 MD 8629 MD 8630 MD 8631 MD 8632 MD 8633 MD 8634 MD 8635 MD 8636 MD 8637 MD 8638 MD 8639 MD 8640 MD 8641 MD 8642 MD 8643 MD 8644 MD 8645 MD 8646 MD 8647 MD 8648 MD 8649 MD 8650 MD 8651 MD 8652 MD 8653 MD 8654 MD 8655 MD 8656 MS 8402 MS 8403 MS 8404 MS 8405 MS 8406 MS 8407 MS 8408 MS 8409 MS 8410 MS 8411 MS 8412 MS 8413 MS 8414 MS 8415 MS 8416 MS 8417 MS 8418 MS 8419 MS 8420 MS 8421 MS 8422 MS 8423 MS 8424 MS 8425 MS 8426 MS 8427 MS 8428 MS 8429 MS 8430 MS 8431