Ella had picked out her reference star, the Big Dipper, and now looked down at her nocturnal. Apparently she needed to align the little spike labeled BD on the inner circle with the date labeled on the outer one...She looked down in confusion but did it anyway, trusting her notes. Then she was supposed to hold the nocturnal away from her with the handle pointing down. Well that was easy enough and she did it with a smile. Finally a step without confusion. Next, Ella needed to look through the little circle opening in the center of the instrument and locate the north star. Well that wasn't that difficult. Ella put her eye up to the hole and looked for the north star, Polaris. She found it after a few moments of searching and smiled. Maybe this astronomy business wouldn't be that bad after all. Now all she had to do was move the pointer thingy-majig so that it pointed to the reference star she had chosen. Well Ella did that and looked down at her nocturnal with raised eyebrows. She was now supposed to be able to tell the time of night but she was still a little confused. She looked at the number under the pointer which was an 8. So that must mean it's around 8 o'clock? She shrugged, recording her findings. She was afraid to check her watch and decided she'd check when she returned to her dormitory and subtract time spent walking there. She packed up her things and picked up the nocturnal, ready to retire for the night.