Astronomy Final Project

3. Any star pattern that isn't an entire constellation
5. A vast collection of stars, gas, and dust
7. When the Moon appears more than half, but not fully showing
8. A telescope’s main light-gathering lens or mirror
11. A pattern of stars used to organize a part of the sky
12. ice and rocky debris that orbits the sun
13. A solid body orbiting the Sun that consists of metal and rock
14. A large black hole on gas at the center of a distant galaxy
16. A small telescope used to aim your main scope at an object in the sky
17. A streak of light caused by a small piece of solid matter entering Earth very fast
18. When the Moon or a planet appears close either to another planet or to a bright star
19. A temporary dark blemish on the surface of the Sun

1. An event that occurs when the shadow of a planet or moon falls upon a second body
2. The fraction of the Moon or other body that we see lit by sunlight
4. When Mercury or Venus crosses the disk of the Sun
6. A star ending its life in a huge explosion
8. When a planet or asteroid is opposite the Sun in the sky
9. Sunlight reflected by Earth that makes the dark part of the Moon glow faintly
10. The time after sunset or before sunrise when the sky is not fully dark
15. The imaginary north-south line that passes directly overhead
19. A massive ball of gas that generates large amounts of energy