Complete Clue List
Across
1. Red giant HD 181342 in Sagittarius has this Senegalese name meaning "rare source of water" (5)
4. Traditional name of Beta Scorpii in the zodiac constellation Scorpius (5) OR symbol of Cancer (1,4)
7. Triangular-shaped constellation lying south of the Tropic of Capricorn (abbr., 3)
8. California facility, site of 1981's first Space Shuttle landing: Edwards ____ (abbr., 3)
9. Small constellation "northern crown" listed by Ptolemy in the 2nd-century CE (abbr., 3)
10. Formal name of HD 148427, 230 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus ("serpent-bearer") (5)
12. Official name of Gamma Cephei, binary star system in the constellation of Cepheus (5)
14. "The Scales" constellation (5)
16. Heart chambers OR official name of Alpha Trianguli Australis (5)
18. WASP-80 star in the constellation Aquila, named in 2019 after World Heritage Site in Jordan (5)
20. The second brightest star in Perseus OR an early computer language (5)
21. A small faint constellation in the southern sky, named after a type of lizard (abbr., 3)
23. Heavenly hunter (abbr., 3)
24. Constellation stretching along the southern celestial hemisphere, represented as a river (abbr., 3)
25. Second oldest such facility in France: Planétarium de ____ (5)
26. The official name of Delta Herculis, is also a deadly nerve gas (5)
Down
1. White dwarf T Coronae Borealis is also called the ____ Star (5)
2. Physicist's workplace (abbr., 3)
3. Official name (since 1757) of 39 Arietis in the constellation of Aries: ____ Borea (5)
4. Original Arabic name ("the tail") of Xi Andromedae in Andromeda (5)
5. Mythical bird that could carry elephants, but probably not as far as the stars (3)
6. Bengali name ("bright beam of light") for HD 86081 in the constellation of Sextans (5)
10. Proper name of Ursa Major's binary star Mu Ursae Majoris: ____ Australis (5)
11. Brightest star of Orion and also his left foot (5)
13. Small, faint, southern sky constellation whose Latin name means "a small net" (abbr., 3)
15. Initials of USA's 40th president with his "Star Wars" Strategic Defense Initiative (init., 3)
16. Designated "80 Ursae Majoris," binary star system in Ursa Major (5)
17. Official and traditional name of Alpha Crateris, first star of the Crater "Cup" constellation (5)
18. The formal name of Mu Sagittarii sounds a bit like law enforcement (5)
19. Not from Earth (5)
22. A constellation near Perseus, the ram of the zodiac is the first sign astrologically (abbr., 3)
23. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in ____ stars" ['Julius Caesar', Act 1, Scene 2] (3)