STARS & CONSTELLATIONS

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Across
  1. 3. formed out of huge clouds of gases and dust called ‘nebulae’.
  2. 4. known as the stars that have the same size as the Sun.
  3. 5. the only star in the Solar System, but it is just one of the billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
  4. 8. the groupings of stars.
  5. 9. refers to the distance that light travels in one Earth year.
Down
  1. 1. this type of constellation is seen in the night of sky during winter, and it resembles a hunter.
  2. 2. – an autumn constellation; its name is from the Greek mythology hero who killed a monster called “medusa”.
  3. 4. a dragon from Greek mythology. This dragon’s tail is found between two asterisms.
  4. 6. the person who wrote the poem ‘Phaenomena’ that described some constellations and weather signs.
  5. 7. also called the North Star.