The myth is that while he was fighting the Laernian Hydra, Hera tried to distract Heracles by sending a crab to menace him. During the fight, the crab was crushed, and in her pity, Hera placed it in the sky. However, because he failed to complete his task (to kill Heracles), Karkinos is the dimmest of the constellations in the zodiac.
The constellation of cancer has been around for around 5 millions years. Cancer is a zodiac constellation and is represented by the crayfish or crab.
If you mean the constellation cancer, there is no such thing as a "distance to a constellation". It just doesn't make sense. A constellation is basically a general direction in space.
The Crab
A constellation has no surface, it is an imaginary pattern of stars.
The absolute most common constellation is cancer
it is a star of a crab that reprsents cancer
The constellation of cancer has been around for around 5 millions years. Cancer is a zodiac constellation and is represented by the crayfish or crab.
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If you mean the constellation cancer, there is no such thing as a "distance to a constellation". It just doesn't make sense. A constellation is basically a general direction in space.
Aside from Cancer being the dimmest zodiacal constellation, the planet Mars is in Cancer (as of 4/21/10)
5 stars are there in cancer
Cancer.
"The Crab"
The Crab
It is Cancer.
A constellation has no surface, it is an imaginary pattern of stars.
The absolute most common constellation is cancer