Most of these 110 clues meant to teach. Though many are easy for the amateur astronomer, some are challenging.
ACROSS
1 science of the universe
8 one of the solutions of a quadratic equation
9 light of longer wavelength than visible light
10 a space telescope
12 beryllium
13 lingo for an astronomical tool
16 a characteristic of Kuyper Belt objects
17 for example
18 a zodiac constellation
20 an element first discovered in the sun
21 planets discovered by the Kepler mission
23 a unit of mass in high energy physics
26 interstellar vehicle
30 is created by mixing the carrier signal with a local oscillator signal in a process called heterodyning
31 a safety organization that sets industry-wide standards on new products.
32 in atomic structure, what s, p, d, and f are called
33 location of the Haystack radio telescope
34 mathematical function describing the oscillation of both the electric and magnetic fields of light as it propagates
37 part of the designation for the brightest star in a constellation
39 part of the constellation Argo Navis
40 An element popular in LCD manufacturing; it has 49 electrons
41 the constellation Leo
43 a very long time
44 abbreviation for noon
45 poet who partially solved Olbers’ paradox (first proposed by Kepler)
46 large radio telescope network located mainly in the Netherlands
49 a magnitude 1.25 star that’s 1500 light years distant
51 an alkaline earth element used in special solar filters
52 a kind of light detector, especially for long wavelengths
55 an organization that studies the intersection between space exploration and humanity
56 for a convex lens, this is equal to twice the focal length
58 the rarest naturally occurring element in the Earth’s crust; its most stable isotope has a half-life of 8.1 hours
59 a type of quark
60 where fusion stops in stellar cores
61 microwave/radiowave transmitter
64 average or arithmetic mean
65 electronics components with a very high input impedance
67 prefix meaning within
68 the state with 8 professional observatories, including LIGO Hanford Observatory
69 that is
70 consequence of the ignition of fuel in the presence of an oxidant
71 an ancient time-telling instrument
74 in 1877, Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli mapped dark areas on Mars that he thought were_____ (French word)
76 though the neutrino was first postulated by Pauli, who was Italian physicist who put in on strong theoretical foundation
77 became director of Yerkes Observatory in 1932, and in the same year he organized McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, Texas . In 1938, he established the presence of hydrogen in interstellar space
78 audiovisial equipment designator
79 an extraterrestrial alien
81 the ancient tribes of Israel emblazoned constellations of the zodiac on their standards, which were also called______
84 a spectactular comet with a massive nucleus
90 a type of fig which is delicious anytime; a good source of energy while watching the Perseid meteor showers
92 a word to describe a rogue comet
93 magnetic inclination
94 abbreviation for octadecyltrichlorosilane, which is used as thin insulating gates in metal-insulator-semiconductor field-effect transistors
95 related to Aries
96 pioneer in radioastronomy
98 another gastronomy: ____-Mex
99 this is blue at high noon because of Rayleigh scattering
100 a form of welding
101 a unit of pressure measurement
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1 light gathering capability of a reflector or refractor depends on this
2 designation of certain stars with erratic orbits around our black hole
3 an English unit of mass
4 abbreviation for a road
5 Location in France. Located on the summit of Mont Gros, housed the world’s largest refractor in 1888
6 gold
7 unit of time
10 what you do upon a star
11 10^9 years or a preposition
12 whereby a blind physicist can “see” by touch
13 be quiet
14 man’s best friend
15 final test
17 a geological age
19 about 25 of these make up an inch
22 a favorite constellation in October
24 used to caliubrate a gamma spectrometer
25 a complex of radiotelescopes forming a single aperature telescope in New Mexico
26 one of NASA’s solar instruments working in the optical and UV wavelengths
27 a mount of sorts
28 a joint space agency project
29 a transcendental number
32 what an f/ stop corresponds to in photography
35 a lustrous, gray, ductile, paramagnetic metal used as an alloy in steel for gas pipelines
36 a form of power
38 an article
42 a gas, when inhaled, relaxes smooth muscle to dilate blood vessels, especially in the lungs
45 the equivalent to a division sign in statics, etc.
47 this is what supernova remnant SNR-87 has been doing since core collapse
48 a blackbird
50 an important organization whose purpose is “to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means”
53 a counterpart of NASA
54 medium necessary to support commerical aircraft in flight
57 related to 47 DOWN in that a supernova may produce this as a result of high energy excitation of the interstellar gas
58 the figure traced in the sky when photographs of the sun, taken at high noon year round, are spiced together
62 apossible consequence of an inelastic collision
63 a nickname for one of the constellations depicting a female
65 an odd harmonic
66 before
68 when combined with the answer in 27 DOWN, after converting it to a participle, are the result of a plucked guitar string or a cavity resonance, whether sound or light
69 between Visbile light and microwaves
72 a celestial piece by Pink Floyd is called “___ and Them”
73 part of the acronym of the group that officially names chemicals: “__ __ of Pure and Apllied Chemistry”
74 a make-up word meaning bad to the core
75 a demarcation or horizon in a black hole that on one side of it we have freedom to move in space but time inexorably moves on, whole on the other things are reversed–we have freedone to go anytime in time but are inexorably stuck in space
80 an alpha emitter (found in state-of-the-art 20th century turntables to clean the dust of records as they play)
82 another preposition
83 instead of visible or infra red light, these stimulated emitters produce microwave beams
85 according to YouTube, The Best Space Pilot in Science Fiction is with ____ Kamal in The Expanse
86 organic compounds with carbob carbon double bounds
87 this gives copper its relience in cyclic stress, as in landing gear
88 a small handheld device equipped with a microprocessor that is used especially for storing and organizing personal information
89 a ____ of beer might be a celebratory drink after completing this puzzle
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John C. Mannone: The Art of Poetry 