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nanyjj 
Leah entered the dimly lit room, rubbing her eyes to adjust to the lighting. It was already late evening, couldn't the light be brighter? At least the moon was bright. Eerily bright. So... cauldrons and wands and the moon. What a combination. Naturally, Leah was EXCITED.
She walked past all three Professors, giving them waves. "Hello Professors Flamsteed, Culloden and Dakest." Then she moved on to look for a seat when she saw THE birthday boy. "Happy birthday, Adi!" she grinned, handing him a small box of joke objects from Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Holy Hippogriffs, Adi was SEVENTEEN now. He was old. Hehe. Leah took a seat right next to Angel and gave her a friendly wave. Hello, best friend!
Angel smiled as her best friend came and sat down next to her, she could already tell that this was going to be amazing and she hoped that Leah was ready for the questions that would be happening after this lesson because she had a feeling that her best friend, had a male admirer and she wanted to know how Leah felt about it.
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Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie;11766921"[B
Now, we can only ever see half of the moon from earth. This is because the other side is always turned away from us. As the moon orbits around the earth, we see different fractions of the same face of the moon as it is lit by the sun. Please lift your moon-on-a-stick up and hold it between your face and the floating bluebell flame, please. Your head is acting as the earth. The bluebell flame, the sun. There is no light falling on the part of the moon you are looking at. Who can tell me what phase of the moon this is or share a fact slash bit of fun trivia about this particular phase?[/B]"
Angel blushed as the Professor said about Hay being for horses, she nearly retorted and for Donkeys but she managed to hold her tongue and once more he had totally ignored her, when she had asked how he was, that wasn't very nice was it now.
Angel then got what the Professor told them to and she put the ball on the stick, that was easy, she was glad that her head of house was going first, she loved Astronomy and this was going to be interesting she could tell. She made so the ball was far enough on so it wouldn't fall off though she didn't put it on fully.
Angel stood beside her desk and raised her stick making sure it was between her face and the flame. Angel raised her free hand after struggling for a minute before she spoke. "Professor, I'm not sure but is this called a total eclipse?" Angel had heard the saying before, on an advert when someone had eaten a Jaffa cake.