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Constellations and Deep-Sky Wonders

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The Cat's Eye Nebula lies curled inside this celestial dragon (5)
Discovered in 1995, a remote Milky Way cluster shares its name with this mariner's compass constellation (5)
CRL 2688, a preplanetary nebula with a breakfast-table nickname (3)
M104 wears this Mexican headgear, complete with a dark brim (8)
M97's nocturnal namesake peers out with two darker eyes (3)
Supernova wreckage in the Swan takes its name from a bridal covering (4)

M57's celestial piece of jewelry (4)
NGC 7023's floral nickname also names the eye's adjustable diaphragm (4)
A weightlifter's implement hoisted into Vulpecula as M27 (8)
M44's Latin name provides a manger for celestial livestock (8)
___ cluster: densely packed, roughly spherical and typically ancient (8)
NGC 2237 belongs to this celestial blossom surrounding cluster NGC 2244 (7)
George ___ cataloged rich galaxy clusters and compiled a list of planetary nebulae (5)
Heart and ___: the nebular duo pairing IC 1805 with IC 1848 (4)