Southern Sky Constellations

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Across

• Insect constellation once labeled Apis, the bee (5)
• Laboratory furnace placed in the heavens by Lacaille (6)
• Jason's vessel, once charted as a vast southern constellation (4)
• Ship's backbone represented by Carina (4)
• Lacaille's pendulum clock became the constellation ___ (10)
• Tropical bird constellation holding most of the Small Magellanic Cloud (6)
• Constellation named for the crosshairs of an astronomical eyepiece (9)

Down

• Most of the Large Magellanic Cloud lies in this dolphinfish constellation (6)
• Peacock constellation first shown on a 1598 Plancius globe (4)
• Engraver's chisel among Lacaille's celestial tools (6)
• Celestial river into which Phaethon fell in Greek myth (8)
• Traditional name of Beta Centauri, which is also called Agena (5)
• Bird of paradise constellation whose name means 'footless' (4)
• Southern constellation pictured as a place for burnt offerings (3)

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