The Stars in Cancer

Cancer is a very faint constellation which is difficult to see.

Beehive Cluster (Praesepe)--Breast of crab

• Longitude--07 Le. 20
• Latitude--01N
• Magnitude 3.7-5.0

Northern Ass (North Asellus)--Body of crab

• Longitude--07 Le. 32
• Latitude--03N
• Magnitude--4

Southern Ass (South Asellus)--Body of crab

• Longitude--08 Le. 43
• Latitude--00N
• Magnitude--4

Acubrns--Southern claw of crab

• Longitude--13 Le. 38

Other Stars in Cancer

• Zeta Cnc is a triple star. Two of the stars are binary stars that revolve around each other every sixty years.