Astronomy Topic 6 - Part 2

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Across
  1. 3. The point directly beneath you
  2. 5. Startrails are caused by leaving your camera on
  3. 9. The highest point of the sun or star in the sky
  4. 10. The dialy 23hr 56min movement of a star in a circle
  5. 12. The star does not drop below the horizon over a day
  6. 14. A great circle that itersects the North and South Poles and the points above and below you
  7. 16. 'to move through' or 'to cross' such as passing in from of the sun, or the observers meridian
  8. 17. You cant see below this, the Earth is in the way
Down
  1. 1. Where the ecliptic cuts the celestial equator on its journey from south to north
  2. 2. The celetial equivalent of longitude, measured from the vernal equinox point
  3. 4. The NCP is not fixed, it moves in a circle every 26000 years
  4. 6. For the Horizontal coordinate system, this is the height of the star from the horizon
  5. 7. The NCP is 0.5degrees from this star
  6. 8. To measure the height and angle of a star in the feild
  7. 11. The celetial equivalent of latitude
  8. 13. For the Horizontal coordinate system this is the angle of the star from north
  9. 15. The point directly above your head