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 0457→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 June 0457 2 June 0457 3 June 0457 4 June 0457 5 June 0457 6 June 0457 7 June 0457 8 June 0457 9 June 0457 10 June 0457 11 June 0457 12 June 0457 13 June 0457 14 June 0457 15 June 0457 16 June 0457 17 June 0457 18 June 0457 19 June 0457 20 June 0457 21 June 0457 22 June 0457 23 June 0457 24 June 0457 25 June 0457 26 June 0457 27 June 0457 28 June 0457 29 June 0457 30 June 0457 1 July 457
MD -572840 MD -572839 MD -572838 MD -572837 MD -572836 MD -572835 MD -572834 MD -572833 MD -572832 MD -572831 MD -572830 MD -572829 MD -572828 MD -572827 MD -572826 MD -572825 MD -572824 MD -572823 MD -572822 MD -572821 MD -572820 MD -572819 MD -572818 MD -572817 MD -572816 MD -572815 MD -572814 MD -572813 MD -572812 MD -572811 MD -572810