SPOILER!!: You Lovely People

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Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Shay was busy taking notes and trying to keep up with all that the professor was saying. She needed to be extra diligent with her notes because Astronomy needed a little extra attention in the studying department. Shay had heard of some of the constellations........others, not so much. She would need to file the information in her memory bank. Shay had a feeling that this wasn't the last time she'd be hearing about these constellations.

It was time for the second question and Shay took a moment to think. And then, just like that, her go to answer was taken. She listened to the other answers given by her classmates. The Gryffindor wasn't quite sure of an answer, but another student had given her an idea. The key was to say your answer with confidence. Be strong and wrong or maybe be right. "Ursa Minor is one of the constellations that can only be seen in the Northern Hemisphere." Fingers crossed, Shay hoped that her answer was correct.

"Excellent job, Shay!"

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Originally Posted by SilverTiger

As the lesson had started, Stasya had made the decision to just take notes. It wasn’t that she didn’t know constellations. She liked constellations. That was what she’d written down, and she remembered lots of times when she and mama had laid in their backyard looking at the stars. It was more that she’d never really paid attention to exactly when she’d seen them, so the idea that some were only visible in October was new to her. Plus, she didn’t want to be wrong either since she’d said she liked constellations, so it was easier to just stay quiet.

Until she felt like maybe she had an answer, and she raised her hand not long after Emmeline had mentioned the dippers again. Except she sort of thought that they were asterisms like Professor Berkovich had mentioned earlier since they were part of bigger constellations. “Leo is visible in the Northern Hemisphere,” she offered. Besides, she was a Lion after all. It just seemed right that she say that one.

"Correct! Leo is visible in March!"

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Originally Posted by NifflerFan

A smile graced the first year lion's face, because the professor had said she was sort of right! At least, that's what Emmeline thought the professor meant that. She didn't really know, because what did all these new words mean? Sighing softly, she tried to scribble down as much of what the professor said as she could. Maybe Stasya would let her check her notes against her friend's notes later, because this lesson was confusing to the max!

Her expression brightened again when the professor asked her second question, because Emmeline definitely knew the answer to this one! Raising her hand, she said triumphantly: "The Dippers!" She knew she was right because the professor had just told her that after she'd given that answer the first time. So if it wasn't quite the right answer to the first question, it was definitely the right answer now. The professor had said so!

She thought this was probably the first time she'd given a right answer to a question outside of CoMC class all term. Even if it was kind of cheating because she hadn't known the answer until the teacher had told her earlier, she was happy because this was progress!

"Yes!" she beamed at Emmaline.

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Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Etta noted down what the professor explained in detail, careful not to miss out on anything. Asterism...it was something entirely new that she hadn't read about before. Interesting. She listened as the professor when on to ask her next question. Ooooh, she knew this. The girl quickly raised her hand.

"Camelopardalis.. also the giraffe." Hopefully, that pronunciation was correct. "It's one of the ten constellations in the Ursa Major Family." Since the professor had asked for only one constellation.. she set her quill down and waited for class to move on.

"Great job!"

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Constellations. ZZzzzzz. Kane was trying his very best to NOT fall asleep in class because he knew that would be terrible and he'd probably lose points. But it was really this new professor's fault, changing the place in to a planetarium AND also starting class at night. She was practically TRYING to get him to fall asleep.

He shook his head and stretched a bit before raising his hand, trying to wake himself up a bit. "Um, I think Cassiopeia is only in the Northern Hemisphere," he noted.

He hoped so, at least.

"Perfect job!"

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Originally Posted by RachieRu

Harriet smiled, knowing that had got a good answer, that was correct. Whilst she wasn't a big head, she liked getting the right answer. It made her happy, and more confident in the subject. So that meant it was a good thing. The fourth year just had to hope that she could keep getting the right answers. Of course she would learn some things, but being and knowing right answers felt good too. She thought about the next question, whilst she made a neat list of the constellations that were seen in October. This might be important for her OWLs next year, so she needed to write them down.

A few minutes later, she thought about an answer for the second question, and then raised her hand into the air. "I think that the constellation Draco can only be seen in the Northern Hemisphere" Or at least she was hoping so now.

"You're right!"

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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising

Three constellations seen in October? What kind of trick question was that? Skylar, despite her lack of consistency with Astronomy professors, was fairly certain that there were more than three constellations that could be seen at any given month, depending on how clear the skies were. Dutifully, she began writing them down, trying to focus, so she could get the pronunciation correctly without making a fool of herself. Aquarius, Pegasus, ... Alnair, Formalhaut, .. ah, what were the other two???

But while she was trying to focus, and her classmates were spouting out answers, and Skylar was kicking herself for failing at the recall, mentally making note to go back over her constellations again because ... OWLs, the Professor spoke again, listing them all. And she was now jumping to talking about constellations seen only in the Northern Hemisphere. Right, right. Just answer the question first, then write, Skylar reminded herself, as she raised her hand. "Ursa Major is a constellation seen in the Northern Hemisphere only. It's also a constellation that can be seen year around, not limited to only the Fall months."

"Correct!"

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Originally Posted by thekraken

Althea gave Olivia a knowing smile, but didn't want to be too obvious about it, so she went about jotting down some notes - to refresh her memory - as the professor continued. She didn't understand how anyone could dislike Astronomy; the stars, the planets, everything about the entire universe was was relevant. She thought back to how her own brother didn't bother to try in Astronomy last term and got annoyed with him all over again. But,...she needed to focus.

The question gave her pause, and she mentally shuffled through the different constellations to make sure she wouldn't name one that is exclusive to the southern hemisphere. Before raising her hand, she thought briefly, and then said: "If I'm not mistaken, Perseus is a constellation exclusive to the Northern Hemisphere, too."

"Excellent job, Althea!"

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

"That's alright." She assured the woman, not tremendously fussed by the mix up of names. She'd only been trying to ensure the Professor didn't think it really was her name. October was still pretty new for new Professors and the Ravenclaw was aware that the current conditions were ripe for simple, harmless mistakes.

Also, wasn't it funny how no matter how much you read, once the Professor began speaking technical Astronomy related things, it always sounded a bit more complicated?

The problem for her was that she was a kinesthetic learner. HEARING such concepts without being able to see and manipulate them in real time always made sitting through this part of the lesson difficult for her. Sometimes the concepts flew right over her head entirely until she went over them later or tried finding them with her own telescope. It was fair to say she would sometimes become a little confused while listening to it all in such long rambles but Jessa did her best to look attention while the Professor spoke.

As for the constellations only seen in the Northern Hemisphere...

"I think Cepheus may be one of those, Professor."

"You're very correct!"

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Originally Posted by Govoni

Playfully rolling her eyes at Althea, because she could, the blonde proceeded to doodle small stars across the top of her notes. It was appropriate since this lesson was apparently about stars. So.. no need to suggest that she wasn't paying attention. And a bit of decoration hurt nothing, especially this parchment page. By the way, what was up with all these lessons requiring so much note-taking? Her hand was seriously beginning to ache.....One of these days, Liv would remember to bring the Quick Quotes to class (that Blaise had purchased for her).

OWL-year = killing her nerves.

....and a question.

"Aries....which is my star sign." That obviously meant it was the BEST star sign. Jokes, that was a joke. To be quite honest, it wasn't even her favorite one. That honor went to Gemini. Olivia didn't rightfully know why she loved it so much....but...you know, it probably had something to do with the majesty of twins; on top of the name being so cool. After she married and finished with school, it was her dream to birth a set..... But her mum was a twin, and it was hard to know if it'd skip a generation or two. Recessive genes were weird like that sometimes. Especially in magical families.

Actually, Gemini was visible in the Northern Hemisphere, as well...wasn't it? "Gemini, too." Just because it was the one she adored most.

"Very good, Olivia! December is a great month to view Aries." Keiyona nodded and gave Olivia a warm smile. "Correct! Gemini is visible from November until April."