Stargazing

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Across
  1. 6. In 1690 This German astronomer filled in a bunch of empty space with new Greek sounding constellations that fit the normal theme.
  2. 9. The missing 13th zodiac sign known as the snake charmer.
  3. 11. This star is the brightest star in the night sky.
  4. 12. This constellation contains the brightest star in the night sky.
  5. 14. This terrible French guy made a bunch of bad sciencey constellations in the Southern Hemisphere.
  6. 16. This zodiac constellation killed Orion the Hunter.
  7. 19. This zodiac constellation is known as The Bull.
  8. 21. This zodiac constellation is known as the Lion.
  9. 23. This zodiac constellation is known as the ram.
  10. 26. This zodiac constellation is known as the Water-Bearer.
  11. 28. A hunter cursed to constantly be chased by a scorpion.
  12. 30. This zodiac constellation is known as the fish... but two of them.
  13. 31. Castor and Pollux are the brightest stars in this zodiac constellation.
  14. 33. This missing 89th constellation was considered TOO BIG by LaCaille and was broken into three constellations.
  15. 34. This zodiac constellation is known as the Scales of Justice.
  16. 35. The number of constellations Ptolemy originally envisioned in the sky.
Down
  1. 1. This zodiac constellation is known as the crab.
  2. 2. This zodiac constellation is a goat fish.
  3. 3. This horse has wings!
  4. 4. The astronomer reponsible for drawing the boundaries between the 88 constellations.
  5. 5. This constellation was the mythological Queen of Ethiopia.
  6. 7. The hero who saved Andromeda because he just so happened to be carrying the head of Medusa.
  7. 8. This constellation contains the asterism known as The Big Dipper
  8. 10. In 1603 two dutch astronomers published this star atlas and included a bunch of Greek sounding constellations they made up.
  9. 13. This zodiac constellation is known as the Maiden.
  10. 15. This horse has one horn coming out of its head!
  11. 17. The mythological King of Ethiopia.
  12. 18. The North Star
  13. 20. This zodiac constellation is a centaur but looks like a tea pot.
  14. 22. The total number of constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
  15. 24. A large dragon that begins between the big and little dippers.
  16. 25. This constellation contains the North Star and the asterism known as The Little Dipper.
  17. 27. The 12 or 13 constellations that the sun moves through during the year.
  18. 29. The Greek-Egyptian astronomer who wrote down most of the Northern Hemisphere constellations we recognize today.
  19. 32. The mythological princess of Ethiopia.