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 0226→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 June 0226 2 June 0226 3 June 0226 4 June 0226 5 June 0226 6 June 0226 7 June 0226 8 June 0226 9 June 0226 10 June 0226 11 June 0226 12 June 0226 13 June 0226 14 June 0226 15 June 0226 16 June 0226 17 June 0226 18 June 0226 19 June 0226 20 June 0226 21 June 0226 22 June 0226 23 June 0226 24 June 0226 25 June 0226 26 June 0226 27 June 0226 28 June 0226 29 June 0226 30 June 0226 1 July 226
MD -657212 MD -657211 MD -657210 MD -657209 MD -657208 MD -657207 MD -657206 MD -657205 MD -657204 MD -657203 MD -657202 MD -657201 MD -657200 MD -657199 MD -657198 MD -657197 MD -657196 MD -657195 MD -657194 MD -657193 MD -657192 MD -657191 MD -657190 MD -657189 MD -657188 MD -657187 MD -657186 MD -657185 MD -657184 MD -657183 MD -657182