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 3743→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30
1 June 3743 2 June 3743 3 June 3743 4 June 3743 5 June 3743 6 June 3743 7 June 3743 8 June 3743 9 June 3743 10 June 3743 11 June 3743 12 June 3743 13 June 3743 14 June 3743 15 June 3743 16 June 3743 17 June 3743 18 June 3743 19 June 3743 20 June 3743 21 June 3743 22 June 3743 23 June 3743 24 June 3743 25 June 3743 26 June 3743 27 June 3743 28 June 3743 29 June 3743 30 June 3743 1 July 3743 23 Cygnus 1133 24 Cygnus 1133 25 Cygnus 1133 26 Cygnus 1133 27 Cygnus 1133 28 Cygnus 1133 1 Delphinus 1133 2 Delphinus 1133 3 Delphinus 1133 4 Delphinus 1133 5 Delphinus 1133 6 Delphinus 1133 7 Delphinus 1133 8 Delphinus 1133 9 Delphinus 1133 10 Delphinus 1133 11 Delphinus 1133 12 Delphinus 1133 13 Delphinus 1133 14 Delphinus 1133 15 Delphinus 1133 16 Delphinus 1133 17 Delphinus 1133 18 Delphinus 1133 19 Delphinus 1133 20 Delphinus 1133 21 Delphinus 1133 22 Delphinus 1133 23 Delphinus 1133 24 Delphinus 1133 25 Delphinus 1133
MD 627346 MD 627347 MD 627348 MD 627349 MD 627350 MD 627351 MD 627352 MD 627353 MD 627354 MD 627355 MD 627356 MD 627357 MD 627358 MD 627359 MD 627360 MD 627361 MD 627362 MD 627363 MD 627364 MD 627365 MD 627366 MD 627367 MD 627368 MD 627369 MD 627370 MD 627371 MD 627372 MD 627373 MD 627374 MD 627375 MD 627376 MS 610399 MS 610400 MS 610401 MS 610402 MS 610403 MS 610404 MS 610405 MS 610406 MS 610407 MS 610408 MS 610409 MS 610410 MS 610411 MS 610412 MS 610413 MS 610414 MS 610415 MS 610416 MS 610417 MS 610418 MS 610419 MS 610420 MS 610421 MS 610422 MS 610423 MS 610424 MS 610425 MS 610426 MS 610427 MS 610428 MS 610429