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 0386→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
1 June 0386 2 June 0386 3 June 0386 4 June 0386 5 June 0386 6 June 0386 7 June 0386 8 June 0386 9 June 0386 10 June 0386 11 June 0386 12 June 0386 13 June 0386 14 June 0386 15 June 0386 16 June 0386 17 June 0386 18 June 0386 19 June 0386 20 June 0386 21 June 0386 22 June 0386 23 June 0386 24 June 0386 25 June 0386 26 June 0386 27 June 0386 28 June 0386 29 June 0386 30 June 0386 1 July 386
MD -598773 MD -598772 MD -598771 MD -598770 MD -598769 MD -598768 MD -598767 MD -598766 MD -598765 MD -598764 MD -598763 MD -598762 MD -598761 MD -598760 MD -598759 MD -598758 MD -598757 MD -598756 MD -598755 MD -598754 MD -598753 MD -598752 MD -598751 MD -598750 MD -598749 MD -598748 MD -598747 MD -598746 MD -598745 MD -598744 MD -598743