✨ Cancer

Cnc · crab · Northern sky

Cancer is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin, meaning crab; stars within it are named in the genitive form Cancri.

Facts about Cancer

Constellation	Cancer
IAU abbreviation	Cnc
Genitive (Latin)	Cancri
Meaning	crab
Brightest star	Tarf (apparent magnitude 3.52)
Area	506 square degrees
Hemisphere	Northern
Messier objects here	2

Deep-sky objects in Cancer

M44 — Beehive Cluster (Open cluster, mag 3.7)
M67 — King Cobra (Open cluster, mag 6.1)

Data: IAU-designated constellations & the Messier catalogue, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.