Astronomy Vocab

5. A.K.A the North Star located at the top of the big dipper's handle.
9. The two times of the year where the sun is either the farthest north or south from the celestial equator.
10. Regions of space that contain groups of stars creating a pattern seen from earth's perspective which are outlined on a celestial sphere.
14. A horizontal angle measured clockwise from north or south used as x coordinates to describe the location of the stars.
15. A measurement expressed in hours, minutes, and seconds along the celestial equator used to find a point on the celestial sphere.
17. Projection of Earth's axes and equator onto space where all celestial objects are fixed.
19. The shape the sun makes in the sky over the course of a year when recording that location at the same location and time of day.
20. The 13 constellations that intersect the ecliptic.

1. The amount of time a celestial object, specifically the moon, takes to go through all of their phases.
2. The days where the sun intersects the celestial equator creating
3. The angle between an object in the sky and the horizon used as the y coordinate to describe the location of the stars.
4. A measure of how far north or south an object is from the celestial equator
6. The next star after passing arcturus when you extend the curve of the big dipper's handle.
7. The lighter part of the moon or Earth's shadow.
8. The darkest part of the moon or Earth's shadow.
11. A star located if you extend the curve of the big dipper's handle.
12. The star located if you draw a line from the star on the bottom closest to the big dipper's handle away from the Big Dipper.
13. The amount of time an object takes to orbit the earth.
16. Group of stars that are much smaller and apart of constellations
18. The path the sun takes on the course of a year on the celestial sphere or the plane that all planets and sun in our solar system is on.