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 2962→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930
1 June 2962 2 June 2962 3 June 2962 4 June 2962 5 June 2962 6 June 2962 7 June 2962 8 June 2962 9 June 2962 10 June 2962 11 June 2962 12 June 2962 13 June 2962 14 June 2962 15 June 2962 16 June 2962 17 June 2962 18 June 2962 19 June 2962 20 June 2962 21 June 2962 22 June 2962 23 June 2962 24 June 2962 25 June 2962 26 June 2962 27 June 2962 28 June 2962 29 June 2962 30 June 2962 1 July 2962 27 Pavo 718 28 Pavo 718 1 Aquila 718 2 Aquila 718 3 Aquila 718 4 Aquila 718 5 Aquila 718 6 Aquila 718 7 Aquila 718 8 Aquila 718 9 Aquila 718 10 Aquila 718 11 Aquila 718 12 Aquila 718 13 Aquila 718 14 Aquila 718 15 Aquila 718 16 Aquila 718 17 Aquila 718 18 Aquila 718 19 Aquila 718 20 Aquila 718 21 Aquila 718 22 Aquila 718 23 Aquila 718 24 Aquila 718 25 Aquila 718 26 Aquila 718 27 Aquila 718 1 Vulpecula 718
MD 342092 MD 342093 MD 342094 MD 342095 MD 342096 MD 342097 MD 342098 MD 342099 MD 342100 MD 342101 MD 342102 MD 342103 MD 342104 MD 342105 MD 342106 MD 342107 MD 342108 MD 342109 MD 342110 MD 342111 MD 342112 MD 342113 MD 342114 MD 342115 MD 342116 MD 342117 MD 342118 MD 342119 MD 342120 MD 342121 MD 342122 MS 332855 MS 332856 MS 332857 MS 332858 MS 332859 MS 332860 MS 332861 MS 332862 MS 332863 MS 332864 MS 332865 MS 332866 MS 332867 MS 332868 MS 332869 MS 332870 MS 332871 MS 332872 MS 332873 MS 332874 MS 332875 MS 332876 MS 332877 MS 332878 MS 332879 MS 332880 MS 332881 MS 332882 MS 332883 MS 332884