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 2240→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930
1 June 2240 2 June 2240 3 June 2240 4 June 2240 5 June 2240 6 June 2240 7 June 2240 8 June 2240 9 June 2240 10 June 2240 11 June 2240 12 June 2240 13 June 2240 14 June 2240 15 June 2240 16 June 2240 17 June 2240 18 June 2240 19 June 2240 20 June 2240 21 June 2240 22 June 2240 23 June 2240 24 June 2240 25 June 2240 26 June 2240 27 June 2240 28 June 2240 29 June 2240 30 June 2240 1 July 2240 20 Pegasus 334 21 Pegasus 334 22 Pegasus 334 23 Pegasus 334 24 Pegasus 334 25 Pegasus 334 26 Pegasus 334 27 Pegasus 334 28 Pegasus 334 1 Tucana 334 2 Tucana 334 3 Tucana 334 4 Tucana 334 5 Tucana 334 6 Tucana 334 7 Tucana 334 8 Tucana 334 9 Tucana 334 10 Tucana 334 11 Tucana 334 12 Tucana 334 13 Tucana 334 14 Tucana 334 15 Tucana 334 16 Tucana 334 17 Tucana 334 18 Tucana 334 19 Tucana 334 20 Tucana 334 21 Tucana 334
MD 78387 MD 78388 MD 78389 MD 78390 MD 78391 MD 78392 MD 78393 MD 78394 MD 78395 MD 78396 MD 78397 MD 78398 MD 78399 MD 78400 MD 78401 MD 78402 MD 78403 MD 78404 MD 78405 MD 78406 MD 78407 MD 78408 MD 78409 MD 78410 MD 78411 MD 78412 MD 78413 MD 78414 MD 78415 MD 78416 MD 78417 MS 76277 MS 76278 MS 76279 MS 76280 MS 76281 MS 76282 MS 76283 MS 76284 MS 76285 MS 76286 MS 76287 MS 76288 MS 76289 MS 76290 MS 76291 MS 76292 MS 76293 MS 76294 MS 76295 MS 76296 MS 76297 MS 76298 MS 76299 MS 76300 MS 76301 MS 76302 MS 76303 MS 76304 MS 76305 MS 76306