Gaige Astronomy

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Across
  1. 5. Ascension - is similar to longitude on Earth using hours measure along the celestrial equator
  2. 8. -The Earth is the farthest to the sun in the summer
  3. 9. -flat map of the celstrial sphere
  4. 10. -constructed between 3100-2000 BCE in salisbury england
  5. 11. - Lyra, will be the pole star in 14,000 AD
  6. 12. -1879-1955
  7. 14. Hemisphere - If you live here, you can observe the north celstrial pole
  8. 16. -Happen in the summer (june 21st) longest day of the year, and winter (Dec 21st) the shortest day of the year
  9. 19. -group of stars that make patterns in the celestrial sphere
  10. 20. - path of the sun across the sky
  11. 21. - measured the circumference of the earth using geometry
  12. 22. -Ursa minor is the pole star now
Down
  1. 1. -The earth is the closest to the sun in the winter
  2. 2. -(equal day/night hours) happen in spring (march 20th) and fall (sep 22nd)
  3. 3. - stars that never rise or set but circle the NCP
  4. 4. - super novaing star in the constellation orion
  5. 6. -directly overhead
  6. 7. -how bright a star appears in the night sky
  7. 13. -credited with discovering galaxies in 1923
  8. 15. Big Bang -stretch of time/space
  9. 17. -Is the imaginary dome above our head
  10. 18. - collective name of the 13 constellations