STARS & CONSTELLATIONS

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Across
  1. 3. – formed out of huge clouds of gases and dust called ‘nebulae’.
  2. 4. – known as the stars that have the same size as the Sun.
  3. 5. – the only star in the Solar System, but it is just one of the billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.
  4. 8. – the groupings of stars.
  5. 9. – refers to the distance that light travels in one Earth year.
Down
  1. 1. – this type of constellation is seen in the night of sky during winter, and it resembles a hunter.
  2. 2. – an autumn constellation; its name is from the Greek mythology hero who killed a monster called “medusa”.
  3. 4. – a dragon from Greek mythology. This dragon’s tail is found between two asterisms.
  4. 6. -the person who wrote the poem ‘Phaenomena’ that described some constellations and weather signs.
  5. 7. – also called the North Star.