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Former constellation
Four 5th magnitude stars in Gemini represent the constellation. Cancer Minor (Latin for "lesser crab ") was a constellation composed from a few stars in Gemini adjacent to Cancer . The constellation was introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by Petrus Plancius .
The 5th-magnitude stars constituting Cancer Minor were HIP 36616 , and 68 , 74 , 81 and 85 Geminorum , forming a faint natural arrow-shaped asterism .
Detail from Atlas Coelestis , 1681 (Map shown in mirror image, from outside celestial sphere ) It is only found on a few 17th-century Dutch celestial globes and in the atlas of Andreas Cellarius . It was no longer used after the 18th century.
See also
References
atlascoelestis.com, Felice Stoppa: Le costellazioni di Petrus Plancius
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