1. Name this constellation

CLUE: Aw, come on, this one's so easy... Okay then - this is not Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.

ANSWER: Ursa Major, the Great Bear.

2. This is the first 'nebula', M1, in Messier's catalogue. It's actually
the mess left over from a star that went supernova in 1054 A.D. Name it.

CLUE:It's in the constellation of Taurus, not Cancer.

ANSWER: The Crab Nebula.

3. Closer to home, can you name this beautiful giant planet?

CLUE:Its divine Roman namesake was well equipped for making toast.

ANSWER: Neptune.

4. Name this constellation whose brightest star is Regulus.

CLUE:The first name of Russian author Tolstoy.

ANSWER: Leo, the Lion.

5. Name this dark nebula in the Orion nebula.

CLUE:An unwelcome present from the Maffia?

ANSWER: The Horsehead nebula.

6. Yes, it's Orion, but that's too easy.
Name the arrowed red supergiant star.

CLUE:Sounds like what you might get from squashed creepy-crawlies - or a film starring
Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder.

ANSWER: Betelguese

7. Name this beautiful galaxy - M31 - which can be seen with the naked eye.

CLUE:A strained novel by Michael Crichton, chained to a rock and rescued by Perseus.

ANSWER: Andromeda

8. Name this star cluster, found in the constellation of Taurus the bull.

CLUE: In Greek mythology, they were the daughters of Atlas.

ANSWER: The Pleiades or the Seven Sisters.

9. Where in the solar system is this?

CLUE:Here's an opportunity to give a spirited answer.

ANSWER: Mars.

10. Name this moon of Jupiter. It's so volcanically active
that craters don't survive long there.

CLUE:What's the number of this question?

ANSWER: Io.

11. Name this distinctive comet which graced our skies in 1997.

CLUE:CLUE: Hearty dancing? Well, you were warned they're corny clues.

ANSWER: Comet Hale-Bopp.

12. Name this constellation whose brightest star is the red supergiant, Antares.

CLUE:Astrologiacally, it ends in'io' but astronomically it ends in 'ius.'

ANSWER: Scorpius.