Cancer Minor (Latin for "lessercrab") was aconstellation composed from a few stars inGemini adjacent toCancer. The constellation was introduced in 1612 (or 1613) byPetrus Plancius.[1]
The 5th-magnitude stars constituting Cancer Minor wereHD 59686, and68,74,81 and85 Geminorum, forming a faint natural arrow-shapedasterism.
It is only found on a few 17th-century Dutchcelestial globes and in the atlas ofAndreas Cellarius. It was no longer used after the 18th century.
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