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The Warrumbungle Observer is a newsletter designed for visitors to the Coonabarabran area to inform them on places to visit and what to see in the night sky for the month.

It informs you what to see with the naked eye, binoculars and a small telescope.

Downloadable editions are listed below.

Edition

Crossword Answers

December 2009

November  2009 Crosword Puzzle Answers

Across
1.	TRIANGULUM—Constellation the shape of a triangle
4.	PISCES—The Fish
5.	IO—Galilean moon covered in volacanoes
6.	PLUTO—Demoted planet
7.	WATER—Essential for life
9.	LEONIDS—Meteor shower in November
11.	STARS—1 trillion of these in the Andromeda Galaxy
13.	METEOR—Shooting star
15.	BODE—Astronomer who named Uranus
16.	LUNAR—Of the Moon
18.	TITAN—moon with an atmosphere
21.	RINGS—All gas giant planets have these
22.	ALPHA—Brightest star in a constellation
23.	VENUS—Hotest planet in the solar system
25.	ANDROMEDA—Nearby Spiral Galaxy
27.	CERES—lARGEST ASTEROID
30.	EMU—Aboriginal constellation with no stars
31.	THOMAS—Australian astronaut

Down
2.	APOPHIS—Asteroid passing by the Earth in 2029
3.	MIRA—Famous variable star
4.	PEGASUS—Flying horse
8.	HOYLE—Supporter of the Steady State Theory
10.	BREADKNIFE—Feature in the Warrumbungle National Park
12.	JOHN—Main Street of Coonabarabran
13.	MONS—Olympus ____ is the largest shield volcano in the Solar System
14.	MIMAS—Moon of Saturn that resembles Star Wars Death Star
16.	LIGHT—electromagnetic radiation
17.	RING—Nebula in Lyra
19.	ISS—International Space Station
20.	MARS—The red planet
24.	NADIR—Opposite of zenith
26.	DRIVE—Worlds largest solar system ....
28.	SOLAR—Of the Sun
29.	BUZZ—First name of 2nd man on the moon