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 3144→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 June 3144 2 June 3144 3 June 3144 4 June 3144 5 June 3144 6 June 3144 7 June 3144 8 June 3144 9 June 3144 10 June 3144 11 June 3144 12 June 3144 13 June 3144 14 June 3144 15 June 3144 16 June 3144 17 June 3144 18 June 3144 19 June 3144 20 June 3144 21 June 3144 22 June 3144 23 June 3144 24 June 3144 25 June 3144 26 June 3144 27 June 3144 28 June 3144 29 June 3144 30 June 3144 1 July 3144 18 Hydra 815 19 Hydra 815 20 Hydra 815 21 Hydra 815 22 Hydra 815 23 Hydra 815 24 Hydra 815 25 Hydra 815 26 Hydra 815 27 Hydra 815 28 Hydra 815 1 Corvus 815 2 Corvus 815 3 Corvus 815 4 Corvus 815 5 Corvus 815 6 Corvus 815 7 Corvus 815 8 Corvus 815 9 Corvus 815 10 Corvus 815 11 Corvus 815 12 Corvus 815 13 Corvus 815 14 Corvus 815 15 Corvus 815 16 Corvus 815 17 Corvus 815 18 Corvus 815 19 Corvus 815 20 Corvus 815
MD 408566 MD 408567 MD 408568 MD 408569 MD 408570 MD 408571 MD 408572 MD 408573 MD 408574 MD 408575 MD 408576 MD 408577 MD 408578 MD 408579 MD 408580 MD 408581 MD 408582 MD 408583 MD 408584 MD 408585 MD 408586 MD 408587 MD 408588 MD 408589 MD 408590 MD 408591 MD 408592 MD 408593 MD 408594 MD 408595 MD 408596 MS 397532 MS 397533 MS 397534 MS 397535 MS 397536 MS 397537 MS 397538 MS 397539 MS 397540 MS 397541 MS 397542 MS 397543 MS 397544 MS 397545 MS 397546 MS 397547 MS 397548 MS 397549 MS 397550 MS 397551 MS 397552 MS 397553 MS 397554 MS 397555 MS 397556 MS 397557 MS 397558 MS 397559 MS 397560 MS 397561 MS 397562