The Greeks called the constellation Karkinos and the origin of the name cancer comes from a Latinized version of the word Carcinus, meaning crab, that appears on the Alfonsine tables.
Cancer is usually represented as a crab in the constellation. The arrangement of stars form a pattern that resembles a crab, fitting the name of the constellation.
The constellation closest to Leo is Cancer. Cancer is located to the west of Leo in the night sky.
It is called the crab, because the name cancer originates from a Latin word meaning crab.
The constellation Cancer has been known since ancient times, with its first recorded observations dating back to the Babylonians in the 2nd millennium BCE. Its name is derived from the Latin word for crab and it is one of the 12 zodiac constellations.
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 name, Calista, comes from a Greek origin. Calista was a mythological creature that turned into a female bear and now stands for the constellation. This constellation is called the great bear constellation.
Cancer is usually represented as a crab in the constellation. The arrangement of stars form a pattern that resembles a crab, fitting the name of the constellation.
From the star sign cancer.
Beta Cancri is the brightest star in the constellation Cancer. Its common name is Altarf.
name of every star in the cancer constellation
The constellation closest to Leo is Cancer. Cancer is located to the west of Leo in the night sky.
it is a star of a crab that reprsents cancer
It is called the crab, because the name cancer originates from a Latin word meaning crab.
The constellation Cancer has been known since ancient times, with its first recorded observations dating back to the Babylonians in the 2nd millennium BCE. Its name is derived from the Latin word for crab and it is one of the 12 zodiac constellations.
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Gemini originates from the Latin word which means 'twins'. The constellation is related to the mythical Greek twin gods Castor and Pollux.
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.