Across
- 1. The brightest star in the night sky.
- 3. A group of stars in the night sky that make up a certain pattern.
- 7. A star that we can currently see supernova-ing.
- 9. How bright a star appears in the night sky.
- 11. Every 4 years there is a ____.
- 13. The brightness of a star.
- 15. The galaxy we are in.
- 17. The event that should have been called "the everywhere stretch".
- 20. 13 constellations that move along the ecliptic.
- 21. Similar to longitude on Earth, but uses hours to measure along the celestial equator.
Down
- 2. Bottom half of Earth.
- 4. A flat map of the celestial sphere.
- 5. A star that is visble above the horizon year-round.
- 6. An ancient monument that was used to keep track of the solar and lunar cycles.
- 8. The distance light travels in one year.
- 10. How bright a star actually is at a distance of 10 parsecs from Earth.
- 12. A famous German theoretical physicist.
- 14. Also known as the northern star.
- 16. A constellation with the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel in it.
- 18. A huge collection of gas, dust, and stars in space.
- 19. The study of the zodiac constellations.
- 22. The idea that the Earth revolves around the sun.
- 23. The top half of Earth.