Cancer Constellation Print
£21.99
Sizes, paper and frames
- Sizes
- A4
- Poster paper
- 250gsm uncoated off-white archival
- Artwork
- Traditional constellation figure, printed to order
All sizes and prices
Poster
- A4 · 21 × 30 cm£21.99
About this print
Cancer forms a compact five-star branching composition in near-black, gold and warm ivory. Supplied unframed at A4 on 250 gsm uncoated off-white archival paper.
Cancer runs from about 21 June to 22 July for star-sign readers. It is the faintest of the zodiac constellations, but it holds the Beehive Cluster, a misty patch that binoculars split into dozens of stars, best seen on spring evenings from the UK.
The Beehive, also called Praesepe or M44, was one of the first things Galileo turned his telescope on, and he found it was made of stars. The Tropic of Cancer takes its name from the time, around 2,000 years ago, when the Sun stood in Cancer at the June solstice.
Sign dates by month: June star signs · July star signs
Cancer plate: five stars joined by four of the usual figure lines, including HIP 43100, a magnitude 8 star too faint to see without help. It is drawn for the wall, not for measuring exact star positions.
Figure lines adapted from IAU and Sky & Telescope through Olaf Frohn's d3-celestial conversion. Original Aphelion Prints projection, scale, colours and typography. No endorsement implied.
View the reference source · CC BY 4.0 source-chart credit; d3-celestial BSD 3-Clause notice retained with provenance
Delivery and returns
Every size and finish, with its price, is listed in the picker above. Delivery: 4-9 working days, production included. Delivered to UK addresses only. Priority delivery is £4.99 and arrives in 3-6 working days. Damaged or wrong on arrival? See delivery and returns; paper and frame details are in the FAQ.
