| VELA | In astronomy and stargazing, the Sails constellation once forming part of Argo Navis with Carina the Hull and Puppis the Ship's Stern (4) |
| CARINA | Once a part of Argo Navis with Puppis and Vela, the Keel constellation containing the supergiant Canopus (6) |
| SKYE | Scottish isle and stargazing locale, aptly |
| NEBULAE | In astronomy and in the plural, what are dark patches in the sky consisting of interstellar gases an |
| AEON | In astronomy and geology, a period of one thousand million years |
| LEO | Constellation once associated with a labor of Hercules |
| URSAMINOR | Constellation once called the Dragon's Wing |
| VOLANS | Small constellation of the southern hemisphere between Mensa and Carina; the Flying Fish (6) |
| ARGO | Ptolemaic constellation that is now divided into Carina (the keel), Puppis (the poop deck) and Vela |
| QUADRIVIUM | In a medieval university, the study of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music for an MA |
| URANIA | The muse of astronomy and another name for Aphrodite |
| MEA | ___ navis aericumbens anguillis abundat ("My hovercraft is full of eels" in Latin) |
| CHIEFASTRONOMER | Stargazing surveyor William Frederick King (b.1854 - d.1916) who in 1890 was appointed by the Department of the Interior as Canada's first what?: 2 wds. |
| TIME | First ___ 2017 song by Ellie Goulding and DJ Kygo which was a part of his album Stargazing |
| DENTETENACI | With its firm point (lit., tooth): ____ ____ / ancora fundabat navis, Aen. 6.3-4 |
| OBSERVATORIES | Buildings or lookout stations equipped with telescopes for stargazing; or, spying-places and viewpoints generally (13) |
| BENAFFLECK | Director and star of Argo (2012): 2 wds. |
| ALANARKIN | US actor of Argo and Little Miss Sunshine (4,5) |
| SPOLIATA | ____ armis ... navis: a ship stripped of weapons, Aen. 6.353-4 |
| TENACI | Gripping and holding fast: dente ____ / ancora fundabat navis, Aen. 6.3 |
