Constellation Crossword

3. After Hercules wounded his centaur mentor, this god mercifully ended his suffering and gave him a place among the stars.
6. The alternative name for the polestar or North Star.
7. Locating this asterism in the sky will lead you to finding the North Star.
8. Measure of how high on the hemisphere or how high above the horizon an object is.
10. The huge imaginary sphere on which all the objects in the sky, such as the sun and stars, were once considered to be attached.
11. This is the name of the brightest constellation and also does not have a Greek myth.
12. Imaginary characters, heroes, animals, and figures in the patterns of stars in the night sky.
13. The largest constellation which extends in area over more than 3% of the sky.
16. The constellation the Big Dipper is located in is _____.
17. Number of officially recognized constellations.
18. Where Earth and sky appear to meet in the far distance.
20. In this area, the myth of the Big Dipper involves a dipper used to help a mother and son survive a drought.
22. The point on the celestial sphere directly above the head of the observer.
23. Group of Native Americans of the northeast that interpreted the Big Dipper as an entire bear hunt.
24. Imaginary band, centered on the ecliptic, that historically has been divided into 12 constellations.

1. A pattern of stars within a constellation.
2. The people of this area in Spain interpreted the Big Dipper as a story of a merchant who is robbed of his two oxen by two thieves.
4. Due to this action of Earth (like a spinning top), the northern hemisphere will not always have a polestar in the future.
5. Stars that appear to move in circles around one of the celestial poles.
8. Measure of how far around the circular base of the hemisphere or how far along the horizon, relative to true north, an object is.
9. The constellation with the largest number of visible stars.
13. A matching of the constellations of the zodiac to a specific time, such as someone's birth.
14. Technically the 13th constellation of the zodiac.
15. According to this group's mythology, the Big Dipper is Seven-Macaw, a bird who was bright and beautiful, yet prideful.
19. The centaur that tutored the hero Hercules.
21. The plane of Earth's orbit extended to meet the celestial sphere.