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 2711→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 June 2711 2 June 2711 3 June 2711 4 June 2711 5 June 2711 6 June 2711 7 June 2711 8 June 2711 9 June 2711 10 June 2711 11 June 2711 12 June 2711 13 June 2711 14 June 2711 15 June 2711 16 June 2711 17 June 2711 18 June 2711 19 June 2711 20 June 2711 21 June 2711 22 June 2711 23 June 2711 24 June 2711 25 June 2711 26 June 2711 27 June 2711 28 June 2711 29 June 2711 30 June 2711 1 July 2711 1 Lynx 585 2 Lynx 585 3 Lynx 585 4 Lynx 585 5 Lynx 585 6 Lynx 585 7 Lynx 585 8 Lynx 585 9 Lynx 585 10 Lynx 585 11 Lynx 585 12 Lynx 585 13 Lynx 585 14 Lynx 585 15 Lynx 585 16 Lynx 585 17 Lynx 585 18 Lynx 585 19 Lynx 585 20 Lynx 585 21 Lynx 585 22 Lynx 585 23 Lynx 585 24 Lynx 585 25 Lynx 585 26 Lynx 585 27 Lynx 585 28 Lynx 585 1 Camelopardalis 585 2 Camelopardalis 585
MD 250415 MD 250416 MD 250417 MD 250418 MD 250419 MD 250420 MD 250421 MD 250422 MD 250423 MD 250424 MD 250425 MD 250426 MD 250427 MD 250428 MD 250429 MD 250430 MD 250431 MD 250432 MD 250433 MD 250434 MD 250435 MD 250436 MD 250437 MD 250438 MD 250439 MD 250440 MD 250441 MD 250442 MD 250443 MD 250444 MD 250445 MS 243656 MS 243657 MS 243658 MS 243659 MS 243660 MS 243661 MS 243662 MS 243663 MS 243664 MS 243665 MS 243666 MS 243667 MS 243668 MS 243669 MS 243670 MS 243671 MS 243672 MS 243673 MS 243674 MS 243675 MS 243676 MS 243677 MS 243678 MS 243679 MS 243680 MS 243681 MS 243682 MS 243683 MS 243684 MS 243685