STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS

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Across
  1. 2. – latin for “keel” which means boat’s bottom and the 34th largest constellation
  2. 3. Dipper – has seven stars, four for the trapezoid body and three for the handle.
  3. 6. – english name of crow constellation.
  4. 7. Centauri – closest star to earth next to our sun
  5. 8. – medium-sized star
  6. 12. – located at the tail of the Cygnus
  7. 13. – Constellations that can be seen all year round
  8. 16. Minor – the little bear and smaller version of Ursa Major
  9. 17. Navis – It is a larger boat shaped constellation and was created by greek philosopher Ptolemy.
  10. 20. – a pseudoscience that determines the influence of the state of the stars and the planets at the time of one’s birth on an individual’s destiny.
  11. 22. - A group of stars that form patterns but are actually part of one or multiple constellations,
  12. 23. science that uses principles of physics and mathematics to explain and predict the phenomenon of celestial body.
  13. 24. Major – known as the big bear, the third largest known constellation and is easy to see.
  14. 25. – the color of the hottest stars
  15. 26. – country that lies near the equator
  16. 30. Astronomical Union – officially recognized 88 constellations
  17. 31. – describes the rate at which a stars radiates energy.
  18. 32. - a constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology
  19. 33. Halley – british astronomer who discovered that stars move, change positions but because they are far away their movement through space is not that significantly observed.
  20. 35. window to the future
Down
  1. 1. dwarf - small stars (smaller than the distance across Asia).
  2. 2. – latin name for swan, is the 16th largest constellation and recognized for its asterism that forms a cross and is referred to the northern cross
  3. 4. – a constellation that cannot be seen in the northern hemisphere
  4. 5. – Latin name for cross
  5. 6. – a constellation named after a wueen in Greek mythology, is the 25th largest constellation
  6. 9. – It refers to half-man, half-horse creature in greek mythology
  7. 10. temperatures – indicator of a star’s color
  8. 11. – illusion created by the moving air in the atmosphere that bends this light
  9. 13. - a group of stars which form a pattern in the night sky.
  10. 14. It is the second brightest star
  11. 15. star – actually the planet Venus
  12. 18. – massive ball of glowing hydrogen and helium of extremely high temperatures, held together by its own gravity.
  13. 19. they do not employ scientific methods
  14. 21. stars – twice to 10 times larger than our sun
  15. 23. – located at the head of Cygnus
  16. 27. – located at the tip of Ursa Minor
  17. 28. Fusion – occurs on the sun where hydrogen fuses to form helium, releasing energy
  18. 29. star – actually a meteor in transit
  19. 32. - a Greco-Egyptian writer of Alexandria, known as a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet of a single epigram in the Greek Anthology
  20. 34. red – coolest star