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sweetpinkpixie · 07-04-2013, 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Tegz

Where WAS West Odessa was kind of a good question? He was currently de-linting and trying to find a moment to slip in unnoticed. Because that was possible. ~~Not like he was the tallest boy in fourth year or anything. Or like he was one of Flammy's star students or whatever.~~

Perhaps he should just own it. Own the fact that he was late. That he'd lost track of time as was becoming a habit lately.

West opened the door and slipped into the observatory. Maybe he'd be doing a better job of not being noticed if he didn't immediately blurt out. "Cool sextant." He'd kinda wondered why they hadn't got to use one in their Polaris lesson stuff. West found his seat and sat down. Sup Flammy.

The professor just sort of stared at the Slytherin. Airey was really not sure what to make of this....situation. Mr. Odessa was never the sort to be late. Airey did not even acknowledge his correct identification of the device and instead cut straight to the point. "Would you care to tell the class why you are late, Mr. Odessa?"

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

Then it seemed they'd be playing more of the guessing game. What in merlin's beard...? She tilted her head...then tilted it more. She kept tilting and twisting until she fell off her seat with a small 'Eeek!' What a curious piece of equipment. All she knew about it was that it wasn't that bowl of chocolate ice-cream she wanted--oh waaaait, wait. "That, Professor, is one shiny compass." It looked like a compass, an ancient one and he said to guess.

"Not a compass, Miss Cambridge," Airey chuckled. "But I suppose it is rather shiny."

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Originally Posted by lemon

"What everyone else said," Alice started, unfazed by the professor jumping all over her desk and the sudden entrance of Slytherins. "Usually, it measures the altitude of stuff as well as the angle. Helps with celestial navigation, I think." She was thinking of other uses now, though. "Do you think it could knock someone out, too, professor? It looks kinda heavy. If you hit 'em hard enough. Like over the head or something." Totally a use for a sextant, she decided.

Ice cream still on the mind, could he tell?

Really, Miss Fischer, REALLY? He had been under the impression that the quidditch captain was more the sort to use, erm, other means of causing physical damage. As in...biting. "I would not recommend you use this in place of your Beater's bat during quidditch, Miss Fischer," he said with a slight eyebrow raise. "Astronomy devices are tools, not weapons."

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Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz

"I don't care at all," Zahra smiled, in a very, WHY THANKS FOR ASKING PROFESSOR sort of way. How nice that he was concerned! As he should be. She began, not at all bothered that class was going on and she was about to tell a TALE. A true one, too.

"See............... thing is............ my DAD is like.... well, he's totally the Minister of Magic now. And APPARENTLY," CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS EYE ROLL HERE," that means that I have NEW rules? Just for ME? SO my MUM wrote out this whole long letter. It's even NUMBERED. It's like, 1. Zahra Kettleburn will not be rumored to be riding a billion year old tree or something. Like an ACTUAL list of things I can't do! She only does that for my BROTHER, not ME. And so like, I'm reading this list.... and I"m thinking.... and she sent me some food 'cause you know the food situation here right? AmIRightSir? So reading... eating.... end of a long day...... I took a nap. As it turns out, PROF, being the Minister's KID is going to be HARD WORK." Like watch how her SHOULDERS SAG? SO HARD. SO TIRING.

So see? She didn't mind telling him at all.

"That is a PIRATE TOOL!" Zahra JUMPED UP and punched the AIR because YES PIRATE TOOLS.

What in Orion's name was she going on about. Airey could feel his jaw slowly dropping as the girl went on...and on...and on. So this was the new Minister for Magic's daughter. Brilliant. Bloody brilliant.

And it seemed like her mother forgot something on the list of can'ts. Should have also added something about not being late for lessons.

"Miss Kettleburn, being the Minister's daughter will not excuse you from my classroom rules," he said while balancing on the balls of his feet. "That will be 5 points from Gryffindor for your tardiness."

He wouldn't have the man himself coming and knocking on his office door now, would he?!

"And yes, pirates DID use this device for navigational purposes."

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Wait a minute..... West was late, too?! Well, that was odd. And that was much more interesting to her than Little Miss Minister's Daughter. Blah blah blah life is unfair blah. Plus, Sky's eyes were definitely rolling. "Wah, wah boohoo, Princess," she muttered when the girls story was finally over. Oops, had that been outloud? Not that she really cared about that. Could they get back to Astronomy now?

She had seen that object before. On tv. It was like Kettleburn had said. Though, she didn't know the exact name, so she just sat there. Glaring at a certain someone, she stayed silent.

"We will respect our classmates, Miss Carter-Hope," Airey said as he passed by the Slytherin and gave her a brief look that said further comments of that sort will not be tolerated.

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Originally Posted by MaverickMagpie

Giving himself a moment or two to kind of refocus, Tobias raised his hand. That thing looked kiiiiiiiiiiiind of familiar to things he'd seen before. He was probably wrong, but hey... worth a try. "It looks kinda steampunk."

Huh. He hadn't entirely noticed that bit until just now. "It does resonate with that aesthetic quite a bit, doesn't it," he mused while looking at the sextant in his hand. "Professor Romanos would probably enjoy this." She was a fan of the style after all.

And now he was craving ice cream covered in nutella. Ice cream....

Airey stood there for a few moments thinking about ice cream before he brought himself back to the lesson. Not too long, mind you, but just long enough to perhaps make people feel slightly confused. But moving along.

"As many of you stated, this is indeed a sextant. Sextants are used to measure the angle of elevation of a celestial object relative to the horizon. The celestial object used for reference is typically the sun, but Polaris can also be used as a point of reference at night." You know, when the sun is gone. "By using the angle of elevation of Polaris and the time of day, one can calculate the degree of latitude. There are many other uses of a sextant, but we will be focusing on this one today."

Airey then banished the posters on the board and revealed a new moving one.

SPOILER!!: moving poster

"If you will please look at this while I demonstrate how to use this," he said as he nodded. "Remember, we will not be using the sun as our point of reference but Polaris." He then turned to the side and looked out one of the windows so students could see what he was doing more easily. "Now, what a sextant essentially does is merges two views. One view is of the sky, through the mirrors. The other view is of the horizon," he explained as he moved in accordance with the poster. "Assuming that we are at the North Pole now, my sextant should read 0 degrees. To find my latitude, all I need to do is simple math." And there was another flick towards the board.

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Originally Posted by blackboard

Latitude = 90 Degrees – sextant angle

"So, in this case my current latitude is 45. Allow me to demonstrate one more time," he said as he repeated the process. "This time my sextant reads 60, so my latitude is 90 minus 60 with is 30." Small pause while they all let that thought sink in. "I have not moved at all between measurements, so I am sure some of you are wondering why this is. I assume you are all familiar with Hogwarts being Unplottable?" If not, well, they knew now. Tada? "This type of concealment causes some interference with a sextant's use while at Hogwarts. Going to other locations that are not Unplottable will give you much more accurate results, however. Just be aware that your results will vary quite dramatically as you run around the castle and the grounds taking measurements."

Alright. Disclaimer done. Time to get up and moving.

"What I would like you all to do now is to come up here and take a sextant from this box. Before I let you run around outside of the classroom, I want you to practice finding your latitude here and record your findings on a piece of parchment. You will first need to find Polaris using the methods discussed last lesson. Once you have done so you may use this poster as a reference for how to use your sextant." By now they all should be rather proficient in finding Polaris, so he was not too concerned there. It was using a sextant that could be tricky at first. "You may work with your friends or individually. If there are no questions you may begin. I will give you about 15 minutes to practice before we move on."

OOC: you should have at least 2 posts for this activity. 1 post should be finding Polaris & 1 post should be using the sextant to measure the angle of elevation and calculate your latitude. OF COURSE you can make up these numbers. Yay for magical interference, yes?

I would be oh so helpful to me if you would title your posts with post #1 and so on.

Of course, if you have any questions you can direct those IC to Professor Flamsteed or OOC to me via PM or VM.

I will post sometime tomorrow GMT+9 with instructions to the next activity.

07-04-2013, 02:21 PM	#138 (permalink)
sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Leprechaun Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 40,089 Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden Ravenclaw Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Diamond Marchbanks Gryffindor Sixth Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12	we see all your answers, but just quoting some of you ^^ astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf Quote: Originally Posted by Tegz Where WAS West Odessa was kind of a good question? He was currently de-linting and trying to find a moment to slip in unnoticed. Because that was possible. ~~Not like he was the tallest boy in fourth year or anything. Or like he was one of Flammy's star students or whatever.~~ Perhaps he should just own it. Own the fact that he was late. That he'd lost track of time as was becoming a habit lately. West opened the door and slipped into the observatory. Maybe he'd be doing a better job of not being noticed if he didn't immediately blurt out. "Cool sextant." He'd kinda wondered why they hadn't got to use one in their Polaris lesson stuff. West found his seat and sat down. Sup Flammy. The professor just sort of stared at the Slytherin. Airey was really not sure what to make of this....situation. Mr. Odessa was never the sort to be late. Airey did not even acknowledge his correct identification of the device and instead cut straight to the point. "Would you care to tell the class why you are late, Mr. Odessa?" Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo Then it seemed they'd be playing more of the guessing game. What in merlin's beard...? She tilted her head...then tilted it more. She kept tilting and twisting until she fell off her seat with a small 'Eeek!' What a curious piece of equipment. All she knew about it was that it wasn't that bowl of chocolate ice-cream she wanted--oh waaaait, wait. *"That, Professor, is one shiny* compass." It looked like a compass, an ancient one and he said to guess. "Not a compass, Miss Cambridge," Airey chuckled. "But I suppose it is rather shiny." Quote: Originally Posted by lemon "What everyone else said," Alice started, unfazed by the professor jumping all over her desk and the sudden entrance of Slytherins. "Usually, it measures the altitude of stuff as well as the angle. Helps with celestial navigation, I think." She was thinking of other uses now, though. "Do you think it could knock someone out, too, professor? It looks kinda heavy. If you hit 'em hard enough. Like over the head or something." Totally a use for a sextant, she decided. Ice cream still on the mind, could he tell? Really, Miss Fischer, REALLY? He had been under the impression that the quidditch captain was more the sort to use, erm, other means of causing physical damage. As in...biting. "I would not recommend you use this in place of your Beater's bat during quidditch, Miss Fischer," he said with a slight eyebrow raise. "Astronomy devices are tools, not weapons." Quote: Originally Posted by Mad Eye Touz "I don't care at all," Zahra smiled, in a very, WHY THANKS FOR ASKING PROFESSOR sort of way. How nice that he was concerned! As he should be. She began, not at all bothered that class was going on and she was about to tell a TALE. A true one, too. "See............... thing is............ my DAD is like.... well, he's totally the Minister of Magic now. And APPARENTLY,*" CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS EYE ROLL HERE," that means that I have NEW rules? Just for ME? SO my MUM wrote out this whole long letter. It's even NUMBERED. It's like, 1. Zahra Kettleburn will not be rumored to be riding a billion year old tree or something. Like an ACTUAL list of things I can't do! She only does that for my BROTHER, not ME. And so like, I'm reading this list.... and I"m thinking.... and she sent me some food 'cause you know the food situation here right? AmIRightSir? So reading... eating.... end of a long day...... I took a nap. As it turns out, PROF, being the Minister's KID is going to be HARD WORK." Like watch how her SHOULDERS SAG? SO HARD. SO TIRING. So see? She didn't mind telling him at all. "That is a PIRATE TOOL!"* Zahra JUMPED UP and punched the AIR because YES PIRATE TOOLS. What in Orion's name was she going on about. Airey could feel his jaw slowly dropping as the girl went on...and on...and on. So this was the new Minister for Magic's daughter. Brilliant. Bloody brilliant. And it seemed like her mother forgot something on the list of can'ts. Should have also added something about not being late for lessons. "Miss Kettleburn, being the Minister's daughter will not excuse you from my classroom rules," he said while balancing on the balls of his feet. "That will be 5 points from Gryffindor for your tardiness." He wouldn't have the man himself coming and knocking on his office door now, would he?! "And yes, pirates DID use this device for navigational purposes." Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Wait a minute..... West was late, too?! Well, that was odd. And that was much more interesting to her than Little Miss Minister's Daughter. Blah blah blah life is unfair blah. Plus, Sky's eyes were definitely rolling. "Wah, wah boohoo, Princess," she muttered when the girls story was finally over. Oops, had that been outloud? Not that she really cared about that. Could they get back to Astronomy now? She had seen that object before. On tv. It was like Kettleburn had said. Though, she didn't know the exact name, so she just sat there. Glaring at a certain someone, she stayed silent. "We will respect our classmates, Miss Carter-Hope," Airey said as he passed by the Slytherin and gave her a brief look that said further comments of that sort will not be tolerated. Quote: Originally Posted by MaverickMagpie Giving himself a moment or two to kind of refocus, Tobias raised his hand. That thing looked kiiiiiiiiiiiind of familiar to things he'd seen before. He was probably wrong, but hey... worth a try. "It looks kinda steampunk." Huh. He hadn't entirely noticed that bit until just now. "It does resonate with that aesthetic quite a bit, doesn't it," he mused while looking at the sextant in his hand. "Professor Romanos would probably enjoy this." She was a fan of the style after all. And now he was craving ice cream covered in nutella. Ice cream.... Airey stood there for a few moments thinking about ice cream before he brought himself back to the lesson. Not too long, mind you, but just long enough to perhaps make people feel slightly confused. But moving along. "As many of you stated, this is indeed a sextant. Sextants are used to measure the angle of elevation of a celestial object relative to the horizon. The celestial object used for reference is typically the sun, but Polaris can also be used as a point of reference at night." You know, when the sun is gone. "By using the angle of elevation of Polaris and the time of day, one can calculate the degree of latitude. There are many other uses of a sextant, but we will be focusing on this one today." Airey then banished the posters on the board and revealed a new moving one. SPOILER!!: moving poster "If you will please look at this while I demonstrate how to use this," he said as he nodded. "Remember, we will not be using the sun as our point of reference but Polaris." He then turned to the side and looked out one of the windows so students could see what he was doing more easily. "Now, what a sextant essentially does is merges two views. One view is of the sky, through the mirrors. The other view is of the horizon," he explained as he moved in accordance with the poster. "Assuming that we are at the North Pole now, my sextant should read 0 degrees. To find my latitude, all I need to do is simple math." And there was another flick towards the board. Quote: Originally Posted by blackboard Latitude = 90 Degrees – sextant angle "So, in this case my current latitude is 45. Allow me to demonstrate one more time," he said as he repeated the process. "This time my sextant reads 60, so my latitude is 90 minus 60 with is 30." Small pause while they all let that thought sink in. "I have not moved at all between measurements, so I am sure some of you are wondering why this is. I assume you are all familiar with Hogwarts being Unplottable?" If not, well, they knew now. Tada? "This type of concealment causes some interference with a sextant's use while at Hogwarts. Going to other locations that are not Unplottable will give you much more accurate results, however. Just be aware that your results will vary quite dramatically as you run around the castle and the grounds taking measurements." Alright. Disclaimer done. Time to get up and moving. "What I would like you all to do now is to come up here and take a sextant from this box. Before I let you run around outside of the classroom, I want you to practice finding your latitude here and record your findings on a piece of parchment. You will first need to find Polaris using the methods discussed last lesson. Once you have done so you may use this poster as a reference for how to use your sextant." By now they all should be rather proficient in finding Polaris, so he was not too concerned there. It was using a sextant that could be tricky at first. "You may work with your friends or individually. If there are no questions you may begin. I will give you about 15 minutes to practice before we move on." OOC: you should have at least 2 posts for this activity. 1 post should be finding Polaris & 1 post should be using the sextant to measure the angle of elevation and calculate your latitude. OF COURSE you can make up these numbers. Yay for magical interference, yes? I would be oh so helpful to me if you would title your posts with post #1 and so on. Of course, if you have any questions you can direct those IC to Professor Flamsteed or OOC to me via PM or VM. I will post sometime tomorrow GMT+9 with instructions to the next activity. __________________ When you're stuck in a moment and your spark has been stolen .................................................. ........... this is our time to own it, so own it..................................... baby we were born with fire and gold in our eyes