Cancer () is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac. The name is Latin for crab. Its symbol is (). Cancer is small and the stars are dim. It is between Gemini to the west and Leo to the east, Lynx to the north and Canis Minor and Hydra to the south.
Right in the middle of the constellation is M44, the Beehive Cluster, one of the nearest open clusters to Earth.
References
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