Cancer

• Abbreviation: Cnc
• Genitive: Cancri
• Translation: The Crab

Position in the Sky

• Right Ascension: 9 hours
• Declination: 20 degrees
• Visible between latitudes 90 and -60 degrees
• Best seen in March (at 9:00 PM)

Named Stars

• Acubens (Alpha Cnc)
• Altarf (Beta Cnc)
• Asellus Borealis (Gamma Cnc)
• Asellus Australis (Delta Cnc)
• Tegmen (Zeta 1 Cnc)