Across
- 3. An aggregation of great numbers of galaxies : a large cluster of galaxies.
- 5. A candy and the galaxy we are in.
- 6. A large system of stars.
- 8. A relatively compact group of stars forming a gravitating unit and containing either not more than a few hundred stars or tens of thousands of stars.
- 10. The former name for a galaxy.
Down
- 1. A galaxy that does not have the clearly defined shape and structure of other galaxies.
- 2. A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
- 4. A galaxy that has a is generally egg shaped and that has no apparent internal structure or spiral arms.
- 7. A galaxy having a central bulge surrounded by a flattened disk with no pattern of spiral arms.
- 9. A galaxy exhibiting a central nucleus or barred structure from which extend curved arms of higher luminosity. — called also spiral nebula.