Space Vocabulary Topic 1/2

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Across
  1. 2. Large lens at the front of the telescope
  2. 4. Device used to measure an objects azimuth
  3. 7. Used to locate a celestial body in our sky relative to fixed Earth
  4. 11. A telescope that uses a lens for its objective
  5. 12. Determines the fineness of the detail a telescope can produce of an object in view
  6. 15. A group of stars in a pattern that seem to create and appear as an object
  7. 16. The celestial bodies in our solar system
  8. 17. The lens that you view the magnified object through on a telescope. Also called the EYEPIECE
Down
  1. 1. A telescope that uses a mirror for its objective
  2. 3. Also known as GEOCENTRIC. A model of the solar system that places Earth in the middle, rather than the sun
  3. 5. The angle measured clockwise from North in the Azimuth-Altitude co-ordinates
  4. 6. A set of axes used to describe motions or positions of things
  5. 7. Device used to measure altitude
  6. 8. Newtons Law states that all objects attract other objects. That explains the Solar System's orbits
  7. 9. All objects in the sky
  8. 10. Also known as HELIOCENTRIC. A model of the solar system that places the sun in the middle
  9. 13. Angle measured above the horizon in degrees in Azimuth-Altitude co-ordinates
  10. 14. A figure that looks like a squashed circle