Astronomy (class)
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Core Class (Y1-Y5) |
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Lecture |
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Astronomy is one of the core classes held at Hogwarts. It takes place primarily at night, between 9pm-11:30pm. While the most famous activity associated with this class is stargazing via a telescope, the core of the class is lecture based.
The class is largely considered boring by the majority of students due to its seemingly pointless contents, mathematical focus and its late-night timing. Students of Divination find it useful, as star charting is also used in Divination; however, the class does not cover the subject of the Zodiac in any great detail beyond learning the movements of the relative stars.
Expect to see a lot of Ravenclaws.
Classroom
The Astronomy Tower is the highest tower among the forest of towers at Hogwarts, and the Astronomy classes take place at its peak and on the tower's battlements. It shares this tower with the Divination classroom, and the Astronomy professor's private quarters are located just below the classroom, as is his office.
Since Tapendra Trishna became professor, the formerly open room has been enclosed, mostly to make classes more pleasant. The old set of Armillary spheres have been removed to storage and the inside remodeled into a more proper classroom, its open arches covered in sheets to keep out the wind.
Stargazing takes place on the battlement outside, for the most part, and lectures happen inside.
Class Content
Jasmine Black (Sept 04 - June 08)
Black was firm but kind towards her students, and taught for several years.
Demetrius Wolfolk (Sept 08 - Dec 08)
Woolfolk was a very young professor, and taught in a very relaxed environment, often speaking directly to the students rather than giving traditional lectures. He focused very much on the Divination and Magical aspects of Astronomy, such as the Zodiac. Unfortunately his tendency to drink on the job earned him the ire of Analiza Snark, who fired him over the winter holidays in 2008.
Past Classes
Tag: Astronomy
2008-2009
8 September 2008
- The stars can't gaze at themselves.
- Fifth Years
16 September 2008
- COOL kids watch the stars
- Seventh Years
17 September 2008
- Woolfolk's MAGICAL Astronomy class of MAGIC.
- First Years + Third Years
8 December 2008
- Astronomy is Divination's Easy Cousin
- Third Years + Fifth Years
7 January 2009
- A Change of Pace
- First Years
12 January 2009
- The Universe is Run By Numbers
- Third Years + Fifth Years
13 January 2009
- Pick Your Parsec
- Seventh Years
14 January 2009
- The Sun is a Mass of Incandescent Gas
- First Years
19 January 2009
- If You Want to Make a Pie from Scratch....
- Third Years + Fifth Years
4 February 2009
- The Pale Blue Dot
- First Years
5 February 2009
- Just a Little Different
- Third Years
11 February 2009
- Fire and Ice - A Short History of the Earth
- First Years
16 February 2009
- The Cold Makes You Work Faster
- Fifth Years
24 February 2009
- The Water Seems Inviting
- Seventh Years
25 February 2009
- Welcome to Triassic Park
- First Years
5 March 2009
- Down the Well
- Third Years
9 March 2009
- A Balancing Game
- Fifth Years - Gryffindor + Hufflepuff
- Life on the Edge
- Fifth Years - Ravenclaw + Slytherin
1 April 2009
- The Red Planet
- First Years
15 May 2009
- Horus of the Horizon
- All Years
1 June 2009
- Astronomy Final Exam
- First Years
2009-2010
2 September 2009
- Forgive Me, I'm A Little Horse
- NEWT Years
3 September 2009
- Space Is No Place to Horse Around
- First Years
5 October 2009
- Pop Quiz!
- NEWT Years
26 October 2009
- 2,000,000 B.C
- Second Years
2 November 2009
- Lunar, Loony, Lunatic!
- First Years
10 December 2009
- Cold Stars are the Best Stars
- NEWT Years
14 December 2009
- Astronomy Midterm
- NEWT Years
12 January 2010
- Futures Found in the Stars
- Fourth Years
1 February 2010
- The Weather Outside is Frightful
- First Years
18 March 2010
- That's a bit Personal, don't you Think?
- Fourth Years
21 April 2010
- Jupiter Know the Answers...
- NEWT Years
13 May 2010
- Rain, Rain, Go Away
- All Years
Class Roster
| Gryffindor | Hufflepuff | Ravenclaw | Slytherin | |
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