What constellation is it _ What constellation is it?

It is cancer.

Cancer, born from June 22nd to July 22nd (Gregorian calendar). Cancer is located to the east of Gemini and to the west of Leo. It is the first constellation to start in summer. The symbol of Cancer symbolizes two crab claws.

There are 23 stars in Cancer that are brighter than 5.5, the brightest star is Nobukuro (Cancer β), and the apparent magnitude is 3.52. Every year, on the evening of October 30th, 65438+/kloc-0, the cancer center passes through the upper meridian. Cancer is located between Gemini and Leo, with Tmall in the north and Canis Canis and Ophiuchus in the south. This is a very dark constellation, and there is no brighter star than 3.

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The origin of cancer name

The reason why Cancer is called Cancer is related to Hera, a goddess in Greek mythology. In the era of Olympian gods, Zeus was the supreme ruler of heaven and earth, and Hera was his brother. Zeus gave birth to a son, Hercules, with Akmeni, an earthly girl. Later, he married Princess Derby, gave birth to a son and lived a happy life.

Due to Zeus' curse on Hera, Heracles himself prepared to commit suicide. In order to make him atone, Zeus was appointed king of Jeristos, and he had to go through twelve adventures, the second of which was to subdue the monster Sidorah who lived in the swamp.

Sedola is a giant snake with only nine heads, hiding in a cave near the swamp. Hercules threw a torch at it, and the enraged Sedola attacked it with poison gas. Cancer, who lives in the swamp, saw Sedola's painful struggle and jumped out to bite Hercules' foot. As a result, cancer was shattered and Sedola was subdued. Hera set up cancer in the sky because she was sad about its death.

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