Cancer Cnc
Cancer is one of the 88 constellations, covering 506 square degrees of the sky (31st largest). It is highest at midnight in January and best in the evening sky in February and March.
3 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Cnc |
|---|---|
| Size | 506 square degrees (31st largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 8h 40m, +19° |
| Highest at midnight | January (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: February and March) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 89° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 59°. |
| Pages here | 3 objects |
Star clusters
2Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M44 · NGC 2632 (Beehive) | Open star cluster | 3.1 | 108.6′ |
| M67 · NGC 2682 | Open star cluster | 6.9 | 33′ |
| NGC 2775 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.2 | 4.3′ |
| NGC 2513 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 2672 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 3.2′ |
| NGC 2749 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 2648 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 3.2′ |
| NGC 2554 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 2′ |
| NGC 2599 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.2 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 2608 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 2′ |
| NGC 2563 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 2′ |
| NGC 2595 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.4 | 1.7′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits