2Cancer

 media type="custom" key="3504018" width="107" height="102" = **__CONSTELLATIONS__ --->** [CANCER] = = = = __Basic Description __ = = = =- Constellations are a group of stars that appear to have a physical feature in the sky. Some are close together and others are far apart. They also form a pattern in the sky, which is where their many names come from. = = = = __Subtopic Description__- Cancer is a zodiacal constellation and has a mythological importance. =

**__ORGIN/HISTORY:__ Cancer the crab was sent by the Jealous Juno to harass Hercules while Hercules was battling Hydra. Cancer nipped at Hercule's heels and was eventually crushed by him. Juno placed Cancer in the heavens as a reward for it's faithful service. ** ** __Scientific Information__ **  
 * **Symbol is a crab**
 * **Has small stars that are faint [[image:208z0ch.jpg width="268" height="229" align="right" caption="dayz"]] **
 * **Gailieo was the 1st to study its stars with a telescope **
 * **It's brightest star is Al Tarf **
 * **The sun passes this constellation from late June to July **
 * **<span style="font-size: 120%; color: #ff001f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">If your zodiac sign is a Cancer; then your birthday is between June 22- July **

<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">__<span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">**<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;">Quick Facts ** __
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;">**Cnc= abbreviation**
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;">**found in between Gemini and Leo**
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;">**Best seen in March [9:00 pm]**
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;">**Right ascension- 9 hrs.**
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;">**located right above the constellation Hydra**
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;">**fourth constellation of the ancient zodiac**
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;">**<span style="display: block; font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: center;">lies further away from the Milky Way **




 * __BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFO/REFERENCES__**


 * BOOK: Mary Snodgrass, Signs of the Zodiac, Greenwood Press, Westport CT 1997
 * [|www.umich.edu] copyright 2009
 * [|www.astromax.org]

__**WEBLINKS**__


 * [|www.astronomy.net]
 * [|www.astrowise.edu]
 * [|www.allthesky.com]