Across
- 2. constellations constellations that move counterclockwise directions.
- 4. the standard unit of distance.
- 6. known as the hunter.
- 9. Rigel a young blue star and one of the most luminous of all stars.
- 11. a constellation named after the Greek hero Herakles.
- 14. Shift stars seem to shift their positions against the farther stars.
- 15. constellations lie on the other side of the celestial equator.
- 17. Are formed when a gas cloud out in the nebula or other region in space.
- 19. body an opaque object that emits thermal radiation.
- 21. signs one of the 12 specific constellations the sun passes through.
- 22. patterns of stars seen in the sky.
- 24. star patterns that have discovered but not been officially identified as a constellation.
Down
- 1. the difference in two solar calendars.
- 3. was a vain and boastful wife of King Cepheus of Ethiopia.
- 5. displays little movement in the sky.
- 7. Major known as the big bear.
- 8. Giant stars those with a mass more than 10 times higher than that of our sun.
- 10. plane is the imaginary line traced by the sun and sky.
- 12. is the power of a star.
- 13. is the measurement of stars.
- 16. Betelgeuse a red star that doesnt shine with a steady light as it expands.
- 18. are created when materials in the disk around a preexisting star begins to condense around a rock.
- 20. magnitude astronomers describe the actual brightness of a star.
- 23. is known as Dragon.
- 24. apparent motion due to the rotation of the earth.