Alyssa came out to the Courtyard, dressed up in her thick woolen coat and wearing thick gloves and ear muffs. Tonight was a cold night but at least the sky was clear without a cloud in the sky. Alyssa decided that she would come out here to gaze at the stars and look for a specific one in general. According to her Star Reference Guide today, December 10th, would be a good day to see the Constellation Aries.

She quickly took her bag from her shoulder and unzipping it, she took out a blanket which she unfolded and lay on the ground. Then she took out the case carrying the telescope and opened it. Taking out the telescope, she unfolded it and set it up standing on the blanket. Alyssa then lay down on the blanket and adjusted the viewfinder before looking through the scope. The stars were still a little blurry even after adjusting the focus, so she took out her wand and tapping it on the telescope said, "Lens Focalis". Placing her wand back into this holster, she lay back down on the blanket and looked through the eyepiece. This time the stars looked a lot clearer, just like as if they were only a couple of miles instead of a million miles away.

She scanned the skies, moving her telescope, until she thought she saw the formation she was looking for. She quickly referred to her reference guide to make sure of the formation of stars that formed the Constellation Aries. Looking back and forth through the scope and then in her book, Alyssa confirmed that what she was looking at was the Constellation Aries

She quickly took out her journal and noted the her findings.



Once Alyssa had noted down the location of the Constellation, she placed her journal into her bag, before she lay back down and looked through the telescope eyepiece again until she started to feel cold. Deciding that it was time for her return to the castle, Alyssa folded up her telescope and placed it back into its case. She then placed it inside her bag, picked up the blanket and shook it out, before she folded it and placed it in the bag too. She then zipped up her bag and made her way back to the castle and to the warmth of her House Common Room.