Wearing her
Astronomy cloak that professor Roslund had agreed on lending her, Louisa walked out of her common room -which was so close- and climbed the tower further to Roslund's office. It was noon but Louisa had no idea what exactly the time was. She thought that staying oblivious would make her curiosity get the best of her and push her to work harder...? Also it was cheating to look at the clock, heh.
Reaching for one of the sundials, the fifth year continued on to the observatory where she saw a few students huddling here and there. Ignoring them completely, she took a spot where the sunlight was the strongest - well, the strongest in this time of the year, and started unfolding the sundial and 'establishing' it on the narrow table before her.
The Ravenclaw then opened her shoulder bag that was lying nearby, and took her giant Astronomy guide book that she'd borrowed from the library. Flipping through the pages to her bookmark, Louisa stared down at a moving figure. "
This is the topview of the Equatorial sundial... " Moving her gaze down to one of the paragraphs, she went on reading loudly, "
The hour-lines will be spaced uniformly if the surface receiving the shadow is either perpendicular (as in the equatorial sundial) or circular about the gnomon (as in the armillary sphere)." Hmm... that was... blehh.