constellation Cancer

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ancient Greek astronomer constellation open cluster zodiac constellation

Cancer is a zodiac constellation representing a crab, located in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere between Gemini and Leo.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
constellation Cancer canonical 3
Cancer constellation 1
IAU-recognized constellation Cancer 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek astronomer ⓘ
constellation ⓘ
open cluster ⓘ
open cluster ⓘ
zodiac constellation ⓘ
abbreviation Cnc ⓘ
alternativeName Praesepe ⓘ
apparentMagnitude 1.76 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees 506 ⓘ
associatedMythology Greek mythology ⓘ
associatedZodiacSign Cancer ⓘ
belongsTo zodiac ⓘ
bestVisibleMonth March ⓘ
borderedBy Canis Minor ⓘ
Gemini ⓘ
Hydra ⓘ
Leo ⓘ
Lynx ⓘ
brightestStar Beta Cancri ⓘ
containsDeepSkyObject Beehive Cluster ⓘ
Messier 44 ⓘ
Messier 67 ⓘ
declinationRange +6° to +33° ⓘ
eclipticLongitudeRange 90° to 120° ⓘ
firstCatalogedBy Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy
genitiveForm Cancri ⓘ
hasDeclination +20° (central) ⓘ
hasRightAscension about 8h 30m (central) ⓘ
IAUAbbreviation Cnc ⓘ
IAUCode Cnc ⓘ
IAUConstellationFamily Ursa Major family ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Celestial Hemisphere ⓘ
MessierNumber M44 ⓘ
meteorShower Delta Cancrids ⓘ
Iota Cancrids ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation crab sent by Hera to fight Heracles ⓘ
name Cancer ⓘ
notableStar Alpha Cancri ⓘ
Delta Cancri ⓘ
Gamma Cancri ⓘ
numberOfMainStars 5 ⓘ
rankByArea 31 ⓘ
rightAscensionRange about 7h to 9h ⓘ
symbolism the Crab ⓘ
traditionalName Acubens ⓘ
Altarf ⓘ
Asellus Australis ⓘ
Asellus Australis ⓘ
surface form: Asellus Borealis
visibleAtLatitudes +90° to −60° ⓘ
zodiacSignOrder fourth ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tropic of Cancer → namedAfter → constellation Cancer ⓘ
Cancer → associatedConstellation → constellation Cancer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cancer constellation
Cnc → notationFor → constellation Cancer ⓘ
this entity surface form: IAU-recognized constellation Cancer
Altarf → locatedIn → constellation Cancer ⓘ
Gamma Cancri → isPartOf → constellation Cancer ⓘ