Across
- 3. the next stage of life for our Sun (8)
- 5. the colour of the hottest stars (4)
- 6. a great word (and a type of star cluster too) (8)
- 11. known as the red planet(4)
- 12. when a planet passes directly between the Sun and Earth (7)
- 13. temporary phenomena on the photosphere of the Sun that appear visibly as dark spots(8)
- 14. phase of moon between quarter and full or quarter and new (7)
- 15. the path of the Sun across the sky (8)
- 18. the shape of the earth (6 6)
- 19. one of the 4 constellations you need to know, contains the star Deneb (6)
- 20. stars cross the meridian and culminate when they are due ... (5)
- 21. the pole star (7)
- 22. takes approximately 365 days to orbit the Sun(5)
- 23. a pattern in the stars (8)
- 25. virtual line which passes through your zenith and the 2 poles (8)
- 26. the name of the band in which the planets move (8)
- 29. when stars reach their highest point in the sky they are said to do this(9)
- 31. a type of variable star (7)
- 32. a belt where short range comets originate (6)
- 34. point directly above your head (6)
- 35. he made the first accurate calculation of the circumference of the Earth (12)
- 37. the point in the orbit of a planet or comet where it is farthest from the Sun (8)
- 38. part of the Sun where the temperature is approximately 2 million k (6)
- 39. natural light display in the sky (7)
- 41. lava filled basins on the moon which appear dark(5)
Down
- 1. a very bright meteor (8)
- 2. the handle of the plough points to this star (8)
- 4. distant galaxies with very high red shifts (7)
- 7. distance travelled by light in 365 days (9)
- 8. closest dwarf planet to Earth (5)
- 9. when stars do not fall below the horizon they are said to be (11)
- 10. the name given to the distance between the Earth and the Sun (12 4)
- 16. an object which is part asteroid part comet (7)
- 17. part of the solar atmosphere (12)
- 24. evidence for the expanding universe(3 5)
- 27. stars rise here (4)
- 28. stars set here (4)
- 30. dirty snowball (5)
- 33. the great suqare of pegasus can be used to find this star - follow the right hand stars downwards (9)
- 36. the bright star in taurus which the three stars in Orions belt point to (9)
- 40. a cloud where long range comets originate (4)