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MunchyBubbles · 01-14-2019, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Lottiepot

It would take a long time for Caolan to get used to the schedules for lessons at this school. He had been here a few weeks already and he still wasn’t used to the early mornings and late evenings and all the in-betweens. It wasn’t like a muggle school at all and as he stood at the Astronomy lesson waiting for the class to start he had to resist the urge to yawn. What? He was a teenage boy and quite frankly he needed a nap.

Astronomy was a lesson that despite his Da’s distaste for the subject (mostly because he was terrible at it) Caolan had a weird interest in the stars and planets and.. well it was kinda muggle wasn’t it? There was no need for wands or charms in this lesson, it was just them and the night sky. Or not in this case. There weren’t many people that he recognised and so he was alone for today. He didn’t mind too much, he didn’t really know anyone enough to consider them true friends. Time would hopefully change that.

The first question was pretty simple and very open. It left a lot to interpret and he really didn’t have to think too hard about what would be considered the right answer because there was so much he could say. He raised his hand. “Stars are basically big balls of burning gasses like Hydrogen in the solar system. There’s so much gas in a star that it is able to hold itself together by gravity.” There was more, like the sun was a big star, but Caolan couldn’t really be bothered to reel off a load more and he didn’t want to get overly complicated (if he could).

Kalen nodded at the first response and of course liked the raised hand. “Very good. Thank you for your answer Mr. Wilson. ” He said with a warm smile.

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Originally Posted by Waterloo

Ahhhhh, we see what you did there Professor Kennedy.

He'd only just gone and forgotten about the biggest and most obvious star in the sky right now. Max squinted in the direction of the sun for a moment before raising his hand in the air. Stars. "There's a lot of them." Okay, perhaps he should elaborate. "Like.... a lot of them. Millions. Actually, billions."

A lot.

Which was all very cool and all but honestly, were they ever going to have a lesson about martians?

He tried.. gotta keep it fresh and all.

He nodded as Max raised his hand and spoke. “There are indeed many stars in the sky Mr. Carden, thanks. ”

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Originally Posted by sarahlooo

Natalie had been watching students file in and was mentally eyeing Maxton and Vita for not sitting by HER, but she also knew she was selfish and they... obviously had other friends, so she just sat there and toyed with her scarf instead.

Then class started and Natalie perked. Oh, an easy question! Natalie liked those! She was very good at those. So she rose her hand.

"The stars are so far away that any one of the stars we see at night could actually be dead and we just won't know for like, a hundred years because the light takes so long to get to us." Did that make sense? Even if it didn't really, Natalie was pretty sure EVERYONE knew that about stars, so it wasn't really... groundbreaking.

Kalen nodded as Natalie raised her hand and answered, “You are indeed correct Miss McKinley, light travels at what we call light speed, but some stars are so far way the light does take a hundred years or more to get here. Excellent answer. ” Space was confusing at times, but so fascinating!

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Originally Posted by 2111jen

"Skyler" blinked and opened her eyes. She looked around and wondered where they were. Someone that looked like a professor was asking a question. What did she know about stars? Well, a lot actually. What did you want to know first?
"Well professor," "Skyler's" voice came out as an American teenage male's voice.
"Our sun is a white dwarf," they said.

Kalen raised an eyebrow at the answer, and the voice but he wasn’t going to question it.. “Close, our sun is actually a yellow dwarf star, it will become a white dwarf star later on in its life time. ” He said with a smile.

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Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Torii smiled at her Head of House, and then with a nod, she took a seat. She hadn't really gotten to know Kennedy on a personal level, but from what she could tell, he was going to be an awesome professor and Head of House. She settled into her seat just as the last few people were arriving and the lesson was starting.

So...stars. Simple enough. The first thought that came to Torii's mind had to do with the Sun being a star. Somebody beat her to that one, though. Another thought came to mind, and she raised her hand. "Stars might look just one color, but they can be classified red, blue, and yellow," she said, raising her hand. She didn't know much about that, though, because all stars looked the same color to her. Still, she'd heard there were other colors.

Something like that.

Kalen nodded, “There are also white, brown and black, but those come a little later in the Stars life. Good answer Miss Stark.”

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Originally Posted by Govoni

A s t r o n o m y.

The thing about Astronomy...was that Aaron wasn't the best at it. It was one of those subjects that required a focus he rarely used for anything other than quidditch and music. And bees.

Definitely bees.

...but stars were beautiful, and he wanted to learn. So, it was try, and then try some more! A small mantra he held onto as he neared the lake. A breeze danced around him, fluffing up his hair in silly tufts. October in Scotland...It could be worse. So, he tugged his school robe tighter around his body, not really blocking out the weather, but vowing not to complain too much about it. There were charms in place, after all. That was nice of the man.

"Hi, Professor Kennedy!" He moved to take a seat in the semi-circle, next to Chloe.

...And just in time!

"Stars make up constellations... and those are important to agriculture." Like bees! Yep, that's all he had.

Kalen grinned at the boy and nodded. “Hello Mr. Botros, and yes they are indeed part of constellations. ” He said with a smile.

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Originally Posted by Zannash

Mary felt very confident in this class. This was, in fact, the only class yet that she greets the professor in. Settling into her seat and looking back towards the professor, Mary wondered how to answer the question. The already knew a lot.

"I know that the stars are large, hot balls of gas in the universe. They are impossible to count because the universe is infinitely expanding. They are constantly being born and dying. The death of a star is often a violent event, while the birth generally happens in groups with other stars. The closest star to us is the sun, and everything in the solar system orbits around it, though we aren't the only star with a system of planets."

Whew! That was quite the answer! “Very good, you indeed know quite a bit about Stars. ” He said with a grin.

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Originally Posted by Felixir

Kennedy got it. He understood. Afternoon, it was definitely still afternoon. Abra smiled, and nodded his head.

Hearing his name, he turned to find the speaker and saw a first year from his house. Smiling, he greeted the boy. "Hi, uh..." He'd just said his name, but Abra hadn't been tuned in at that exact moment. Still, he didn't let that stop him from being polite. "Nice to meet you!" Again. Because they'd no doubt met briefly at least on the night of the opening feast, when he and Stasya had escorted the first years to Gryffindor Tower, but that would have been very brief.

But then the lesson was starting, so Abra turned his attention to Professor Kennedy again. The question was, thankfully, a simple one, and with six years of Astronomy lessons under his belt, Abra felt more or less prepared for it. He raised his hand and spoke. "Every element comes from stars. I think... that's what nuclear fusion does. Or is." ... "Or... does." Did the specifics matter? Probably.

Kalen smiled a bit, “We are indeed made of stardust, and yes, they take fuel and convert it into something else.. So does. ” He said with a grin.

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Originally Posted by Mar

Camilus started getting nervous, a feeling that he was not used to. He didn't know anything about stars, never having actually considered studying anything that was outside of his reach.

"Okay, I'm sorry professor, but I'm just going to be honest. All I know about stars is that they are in space....," Camilus said feeling very awkward. Was everyone going to stare at him now?

Kalen grinned at the answer. “And that is perfectly okay, by the end of this lesson you’ll know a lot more.” He said with a kind smile.

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Originally Posted by Cassirin

Chloe gave Aaron a huge grin as he took up a spot near her. Hooray for friendly faces! And hooray for friendly professors. She appreciated that Professor Kalen wasn't weirded out by the idea of a Giant Squid popping in, so she decided to hold out hope that it would actually happen.

But time to put on a participatory face. Chloe raised her hand. "If you go out for astrology, the specific position of the stars and planets in the heavens can tell us all sorts of... things." Chloe believed in divination, had to because of her mum and stuff, but she wasn't keen on astrology.

Kalen grinned, “I don’t often go out for Astrology, but you are right Miss Kettleburn. Like Mercury in Retrograde. Stuff like that. ” He said with a nod.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

They were really learning about STARS?!

Lucas BEAMED, silently glad that the Carden boy had mentioned it AND glad that it was happening. Maybe he didn't need to sit near the Lake, after all. Instinctively, he looked up and around the sky to see if he could spot any, maybe even squinted a little just in case, but no such luck. Were they going to see one later? Just like the eclipse?

He hoped so!

As for the question, he eventually looked back down and raised his hand up in the air. "Well, they usually form constellations with the brightest ones being given their own names and they are beautiful!" Which was two (?) facts and not the best facts - Airey Flamsteed might not be very impressed if he knew - but he was CONFIDENT about them. Mhm.

Kalen smiled warmly. “Indeed they are beautiful Mr. Dakest, I could look at them all night. ” And of course he did.

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Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson

Patrick was thrilled to be back in his favorite classroom. Astronomy was his favorite he was often in the reading room or out observing the stars. He wasn’t as good as Kennedy but he tried that was for sure. And it was always interesting to learn the stories involving constellations. He had slipped into his seat and began to write the first questionbof the lesson on husband paper. Always the copious note taker.

He raised his hand, “stars can help you navigate.” he had learned that both at hogwarts and with his muggle friends back in the states when he went home for the summer. It was wild what transferred over.

Kalen grinned as Patrick reference back to an earlier lesson of his. “They can indeed, Excellent answer Mr. Dooley. ”

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Originally Posted by Malachi

Malachi looks at the profesor and raises his hand before talking. "There are more stars in the sky then one person can count in a night, depending on where you are you can see many different constellations, like Orion’s Belt, the big and small dipper, the zodiac signs, Ursa Major and minor, Draco. Those just off the top of my head, some people even claim to be able to tell the future from looking at the stars. But most importantly they’re just beautiful, dangerous but beautiful." With that he stops talking and glances at the stars before looking at the ground.

Kalen smiled and nodded. “You are indeed right Mr. Kitsune, they are indeed very beautiful. ”

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

Once upon a time, Regina would've been excited for every Astronomy lesson; it was one of her favorite subjects, and she'd loved night time because of it. The stars, the moon, everything about it was beautiful. After the past couple of years, however, night time had lost its appeal to her for certain reasons. And so her feelings toward Astronomy were a little more complicated now, as evidenced by her now usually tense posture and her shorter answers. Longer answers meant more attention on herself, and she wanted nothing of the sort.

But then, that wasn't limited to just Astronomy class. That was how she was most of the time nowadays.

Still, she would participate, if only at the bare minimum. She needed to maintain a better grade level for her NEWT year after her less-than-impressive grades from her one year at Ilvermorny last year.

So she raised her hand. "Stars have different life stages," she said. "Supernovas, red giants, stuff like that."

Kalen nodded. “Right you are Miss Amstern. ” He said sigh a grin.

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

"They're basically made of cosmic dust," was Archer's answer to the question. Yes, she had been here the entire time, just weirdly silent. Also, no antics this time, Zoryn? Boooooo! And again with the mosquitos. She was absolutely convinced that's why she kept itching. Might be time to invest in some bug spray, she thought as she scratched on a spot on her arm.

“Something like that. ” Kalen said with a smile.

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Originally Posted by emjay

Gunnar would guess that they wouldn't do any star-gazing tonight since class was being held outside before dusk. But he wasn't upset about the time they'd be having class. He still got up fairly early, so early classes were easier as opposed to midnight class.

Though once class started, the fourteen year old found it rather interesting that they were going to talk about stars anyway. Or at least the first question would suggest that.

After a few of his classmates gave their answers, Gunnar raised his hand. "Unlike the moon which shines because of reflecting the sun's light, stars shine because of energy released from gravitational friction." Or that was the general gist of it, at least.

Kalen nodded as Gunnar spoke. “Indeed they do Mr. McCarthy. ” He said with a smile.

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Originally Posted by Tazzie

Harri had been here aaaaall along, mostly silent because she was trying to see if the sky when you were inside a magical school was any different as compared to when you were outside. Turns out, it was pretty much the same. She found it kind of lame, to be honest.

After offering the Professor a greeting, a wave and a smile, she plopped next to a vaguely familiar boy (Taddy) who she gave another smile too. He wasn't a Gryffindor but she was sure she had seen him somewhere before.

Anyway. Stars! This lesson was about stars? What did Harri know about stars? Well. "I know that stars are very old, Professor. They are also really, really far away. Oh, and the sun is a star." There. Brilliant.

Kalen nodded. “The sun is indeed a star. ” He said with a smile.

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Originally Posted by Shanners

But her priority was learning and showing what she already knew. (Which, in terms of magic, wasn't a lot) So hand raised, she offered the simplest of answers. "You see them in the sky." Not too long, not too short. Couldn't say she wasn't contributing.

…
“Yes, you do. ” She wasn’t wrong.

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Originally Posted by Kolyander

Having been here all along, Rylee was content for the moment in take down a few notes about 'stars'. What did she know about stars? Well not as much as her brother did but she knew a fair amount. All of which had been said already but that didn't stop her from writing everything down, when her gaze wasn't drifting towards the sky itself that is.

"If you are lost you can always use the North Star to help you find your way back," Rylee answered raising her hand into the air. Or at least those that knew how to use the stars for navigation could do that.

Kalen nodded. “Indeed you can Miss Prichard. ” Was he excited that there was another callback to a previous lesson of his.. perhaps he was? Did he show it?

Not much.

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Originally Posted by Kimothy

Ah, stars. Perhaps this lesson was a little bit too general and broad to study in one meeting, but Drewett gave his full attention to the class and to Professor Kennedy. And no, he didn't think it was a weird venue and schedule for the class. For the Ravenclaw, anyone can study astronomy in any time of the day no matter where they are.

As for the question, Drewett gave it a little bit more thought before he shared his insights. He, first, listened to what everyone had to say, writing small notes on his parchment as he did. Except for the obvious ones, because he knew there were a lot of stars. Once he was able to catch up, the Ravenclaw raised his hand. "Stars d-don't actually 'twinkle'..." Drewett shared. And he knew why they didn't twinkle, but he left that one wide open for anyone else who wanted to add more.

Kalen grinned. “No they don’t, the starlight enters our atmosphere and gets churned up, so it looks like they tinkle, also lights from planets don’t twinkle at all. ” He said with a smile. “Good thoughts Mr. Slinkhard. ”

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

What did Vita know about the stars? Well, she liked to look at them. She knew they could set a romantic scene. She knew people liked to wish on them. All of these things came to her mind, but none seemed appropriate to share, so she listened instead, hoping something more intelligent would come to mind.

...

Oh!

"The smaller the star, the longer it lives. The bigger ones burn out faster."

There, that was a fact. Nice, right?

“Good fact Miss Mallari. ” He said with a warm smile at her.

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Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

It was so refreshing seeing Professor Kennedy back in class. She had been so used to those awful imposter professors, that even a month in to the school year, she was still beaming ear to ear whenever she saw him - and the other professors who'd returned to their positions - because it meant that nightmare was finally OVER.

She raised her hand in regards to his question. "Well, you might think that red giants are hotter, and the smaller, blue ones are cold - but it's actually the opposite. The blue stars are hotter," she answered.

ANNND that was pretty much all she knew about stars.

“Very good Miss Gladin. You are right. ” He said with a smile.

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Originally Posted by klexos24

Stars! Charlie was liking Astronomy, cos she actually knew a thing or two about them (more than any other subject, at the very least) and could confidently -- more confidently, at least -- answer questions.

So, stars. What did she know about them? She thought about this for a second -- just to formulate a solid answer -- and then raised her hand high. "Well, professor, the sun is a star, and I'm pretty sure it's the closest one to us, too, or just really really big. The other stars make cool pictures called constellations, like the big and little dippers."

She could get used to this knowing-what-to-say thing.

Kalen grinned and nodded his head. “The sun is indeed a star, and the closest one to us. ” He said with a smile, “Thank you Miss Smedly. ”

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Originally Posted by DJ Moose

Oh Mark knew something really cool about Stars! He learned about it from an Old Muggle Song!! Or well he learned about it from an old Muggle song and then was told that song was wrong and it was different from Different song that corrected the first one. "Stars aren't simply made out of gas," Mark chirped up.
"They're called Gaseous Giants, but really they're made out of plasma! It's like a weird gas that's not really gas but it is." Uh he was going off a bit here. "It's complicated Science." Mark just finished. Figuring he didn't want to confuse himself or anyone else. He was going to need to listen to that song again.

Kalen nodded. “You are correct Mr. Gunter, most of the sun is indeed made up of plasma, but astronomers like to call it hot gas, even though it’s not gas. ” Yeahhh, it was complicated. Ahh well.

Kalen smiled at all the answers, he was really pleased with them and their knowledge, even the ones who didn’t fully know much. They were trying, and that’s all that mattered.

“All of your answers were very good, and I appreciate your communication. Even if you didn’t know much about Stars, you do now. ” He said with a soft laugh as he looked around.

“A few of you mentioned that we have a star close to us, and that is of course the Sun, which is why this lesson is taking place outside, in the afternoon and why we aren’t up in the Astronomy Tower at Midnight making star charts.” He grinned as he looked at them.

“Now I could launch into a lengthy lecture about the sun, and bore most of you to tears, but I’m not going to do that.

Today at least.

We will be studying the sun for the next few months as there is too much to learn for one lesson, so be sure to read up on the sun in your books for future lessons.

Today however. ” He paused as he looked at them. “We are going to be looking at the practical uses of the sun. So tell me, How is the sun useful to us in our world, you can tell me modern uses, or old time uses, but how we we make use of this star we call the Sun? ” He asked with a smile.

OOC: Thank you guys so much for your participation! We, Kalen and I really appreciate it! The question for this part of the lesson is “How is the sun useful to us.” Thanks! You will have 36 hours ish To answer this before we move on.

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MunchyBubbles DMC & DMLE Thestral Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ♥ Posts: 81,464 Hogwarts RPG Name: Solana Selwyn Slytherin Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Selene Diana Evans Ravenclaw Seventh Year	Snow Miser \| Munchy \| Molly Hooper \| T \| Hey, you \| Phantom \| Mrs. Chris Evans \| Brat Pack \| Tristalen SPOILER!!: Replies! Quote: Originally Posted by Lottiepot It would take a long time for Caolan to get used to the schedules for lessons at this school. He had been here a few weeks already and he still wasn’t used to the early mornings and late evenings and all the in-betweens. It wasn’t like a muggle school at all and as he stood at the Astronomy lesson waiting for the class to start he had to resist the urge to yawn. What? He was a teenage boy and quite frankly he needed a nap. Astronomy was a lesson that despite his Da’s distaste for the subject (mostly because he was terrible at it) Caolan had a weird interest in the stars and planets and.. well it was kinda muggle wasn’t it? There was no need for wands or charms in this lesson, it was just them and the night sky. Or not in this case. There weren’t many people that he recognised and so he was alone for today. He didn’t mind too much, he didn’t really know anyone enough to consider them true friends. Time would hopefully change that. The first question was pretty simple and very open. It left a lot to interpret and he really didn’t have to think too hard about what would be considered the right answer because there was so much he could say. He raised his hand. “Stars are basically big balls of burning gasses like Hydrogen in the solar system. There’s so much gas in a star that it is able to hold itself together by gravity.” There was more, like the sun was a big star, but Caolan couldn’t really be bothered to reel off a load more and he didn’t want to get overly complicated (if he could). Kalen nodded at the first response and of course liked the raised hand. “Very good. Thank you for your answer Mr. Wilson. ” He said with a warm smile. Quote: Originally Posted by Waterloo Ahhhhh, we see what you did there Professor Kennedy. He'd only just gone and forgotten about the biggest and most obvious star in the sky right now. Max squinted in the direction of the sun for a moment before raising his hand in the air. Stars. "There's a lot of them." Okay, perhaps he should elaborate. *"Like.... a lot* of them. Millions. Actually, billions."** A lot. Which was all very cool and all but honestly, were they ever going to have a lesson about martians? He tried.. gotta keep it fresh and all. He nodded as Max raised his hand and spoke. “There are indeed many stars in the sky Mr. Carden, thanks. ” Quote: Originally Posted by sarahlooo Natalie had been watching students file in and was mentally eyeing Maxton and Vita for not sitting by HER, but she also knew she was selfish and they... obviously had other friends, so she just sat there and toyed with her scarf instead. Then class started and Natalie perked. Oh, an easy question! Natalie liked those! She was very good at those. So she rose her hand. "The stars are so far away that any one of the stars we see at night could actually be dead and we just won't know for like, a hundred years because the light takes so long to get to us." Did that make sense? Even if it didn't really, Natalie was pretty sure EVERYONE knew that about stars, so it wasn't really... groundbreaking. Kalen nodded as Natalie raised her hand and answered, “You are indeed correct Miss McKinley, light travels at what we call light speed, but some stars are so far way the light does take a hundred years or more to get here. Excellent answer. ” Space was confusing at times, but so fascinating! Quote: Originally Posted by 2111jen "Skyler" blinked and opened her eyes. She looked around and wondered where they were. Someone that looked like a professor was asking a question. What did she know about stars? Well, a lot actually. What did you want to know first? "Well professor," "Skyler's" voice came out as an American teenage male's voice. "Our sun is a white dwarf," they said. Kalen raised an eyebrow at the answer, and the voice but he wasn’t going to question it.. “Close, our sun is actually a yellow dwarf star, it will become a white dwarf star later on in its life time. ” He said with a smile. Quote: Originally Posted by Anna Banana Torii smiled at her Head of House, and then with a nod, she took a seat. She hadn't really gotten to know Kennedy on a personal level, but from what she could tell, he was going to be an awesome professor and Head of House. She settled into her seat just as the last few people were arriving and the lesson was starting. So...stars. Simple enough. The first thought that came to Torii's mind had to do with the Sun being a star. Somebody beat her to that one, though. Another thought came to mind, and she raised her hand. "Stars might look just one color, but they can be classified red, blue, and yellow," she said, raising her hand. She didn't know much about that, though, because all stars looked the same color to her. Still, she'd heard there were other colors. Something like that. Kalen nodded, “There are also white, brown and black, but those come a little later in the Stars life. Good answer Miss Stark.” Quote: Originally Posted by Govoni A s t r o n o m y. The thing about Astronomy...was that Aaron wasn't the best at it. It was one of those subjects that required a focus he rarely used for anything other than quidditch and music. And bees. Definitely bees. ...but stars were beautiful, and he wanted to learn. So, it was try, and then try some more! A small mantra he held onto as he neared the lake. A breeze danced around him, fluffing up his hair in silly tufts. October in Scotland...It could be worse. So, he tugged his school robe tighter around his body, not really blocking out the weather, but vowing not to complain too much about it. There were charms in place, after all. That was nice of the man. "Hi, Professor Kennedy!" He moved to take a seat in the semi-circle, next to Chloe. ...And just in time! "Stars make up constellations... and those are important to agriculture." Like bees! Yep, that's all he had. Kalen grinned at the boy and nodded. “Hello Mr. Botros, and yes they are indeed part of constellations. ” He said with a smile. Quote: Originally Posted by Zannash Mary felt very confident in this class. This was, in fact, the only class yet that she greets the professor in. Settling into her seat and looking back towards the professor, Mary wondered how to answer the question. The already knew a lot. "I know that the stars are large, hot balls of gas in the universe. They are impossible to count because the universe is infinitely expanding. They are constantly being born and dying. The death of a star is often a violent event, while the birth generally happens in groups with other stars. The closest star to us is the sun, and everything in the solar system orbits around it, though we aren't the only star with a system of planets." Whew! That was quite the answer! “Very good, you indeed know quite a bit about Stars. ” He said with a grin. Quote: Originally Posted by Felixir Kennedy got it. He understood. Afternoon, it was definitely still afternoon. Abra smiled, and nodded his head. Hearing his name, he turned to find the speaker and saw a first year from his house. Smiling, he greeted the boy. "Hi, uh..." He'd just said his name, but Abra hadn't been tuned in at that exact moment. Still, he didn't let that stop him from being polite. "Nice to meet you!" Again. Because they'd no doubt met briefly at least on the night of the opening feast, when he and Stasya had escorted the first years to Gryffindor Tower, but that would have been very brief. But then the lesson was starting, so Abra turned his attention to Professor Kennedy again. The question was, thankfully, a simple one, and with six years of Astronomy lessons under his belt, Abra felt more or less prepared for it. He raised his hand and spoke. "Every element comes from stars. I think... that's what nuclear fusion does. Or is." ... "Or... does." Did the specifics matter? Probably. Kalen smiled a bit, “We are indeed made of stardust, and yes, they take fuel and convert it into something else.. So does. ” He said with a grin. Quote: Originally Posted by Mar Camilus started getting nervous, a feeling that he was not used to. He didn't know anything about stars, never having actually considered studying anything that was outside of his reach. "Okay, I'm sorry professor, but I'm just going to be honest. All I know about stars is that they are in space....," Camilus said feeling very awkward. Was everyone going to stare at him now? Kalen grinned at the answer. “And that is perfectly okay, by the end of this lesson you’ll know a lot more.” He said with a kind smile. Quote: Originally Posted by Cassirin Chloe gave Aaron a huge grin as he took up a spot near her. Hooray for friendly faces! And hooray for friendly professors. She appreciated that Professor Kalen wasn't weirded out by the idea of a Giant Squid popping in, so she decided to hold out hope that it would actually happen. But time to put on a participatory face. Chloe raised her hand. "If you go out for astrology, the specific position of the stars and planets in the heavens can tell us all sorts of... things." Chloe believed in divination, had to because of her mum and stuff, but she wasn't keen on astrology. Kalen grinned, “I don’t often go out for Astrology, but you are right Miss Kettleburn. Like Mercury in Retrograde. Stuff like that. ” He said with a nod. Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone They were really learning about STARS?! Lucas BEAMED, silently glad that the Carden boy had mentioned it AND glad that it was happening. Maybe he didn't need to sit near the Lake, after all. Instinctively, he looked up and around the sky to see if he could spot any, maybe even squinted a little just in case, but no such luck. Were they going to see one later? Just like the eclipse? He hoped so! As for the question, he eventually looked back down and raised his hand up in the air. *"Well, they usually form constellations with the brightest ones being given their own names and they are beautiful!"* Which was two (?) facts and not the best facts - Airey Flamsteed might not be very impressed if he knew - but he was CONFIDENT about them. Mhm. Kalen smiled warmly. “Indeed they are beautiful Mr. Dakest, I could look at them all night. ” And of course he did. Quote: Originally Posted by siriusblackliveson Patrick was thrilled to be back in his favorite classroom. Astronomy was his favorite he was often in the reading room or out observing the stars. He wasn’t as good as Kennedy but he tried that was for sure. And it was always interesting to learn the stories involving constellations. He had slipped into his seat and began to write the first questionbof the lesson on husband paper. Always the copious note taker. He raised his hand, “stars can help you navigate.” he had learned that both at hogwarts and with his muggle friends back in the states when he went home for the summer. It was wild what transferred over. Kalen grinned as Patrick reference back to an earlier lesson of his. “They can indeed, Excellent answer Mr. Dooley. ” Quote: Originally Posted by Malachi Malachi looks at the profesor and raises his hand before talking. "There are more stars in the sky then one person can count in a night, depending on where you are you can see many different constellations, like Orion’s Belt, the big and small dipper, the zodiac signs, Ursa Major and minor, Draco. Those just off the top of my head, some people even claim to be able to tell the future from looking at the stars. But most importantly they’re just beautiful, dangerous but beautiful." With that he stops talking and glances at the stars before looking at the ground. Kalen smiled and nodded. “You are indeed right Mr. Kitsune, they are indeed very beautiful. ” Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl Once upon a time, Regina would've been excited for every Astronomy lesson; it was one of her favorite subjects, and she'd loved night time because of it. The stars, the moon, everything about it was beautiful. After the past couple of years, however, night time had lost its appeal to her for certain reasons. And so her feelings toward Astronomy were a little more complicated now, as evidenced by her now usually tense posture and her shorter answers. Longer answers meant more attention on herself, and she wanted nothing of the sort. But then, that wasn't limited to just Astronomy class. That was how she was most of the time nowadays. Still, she would participate, if only at the bare minimum. She needed to maintain a better grade level for her NEWT year after her less-than-impressive grades from her one year at Ilvermorny last year. So she raised her hand. "Stars have different life stages," she said. "Supernovas, red giants, stuff like that." Kalen nodded. “Right you are Miss Amstern. ” He said sigh a grin. Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty "They're basically made of cosmic dust," was Archer's answer to the question. Yes, she had been here the entire time, just weirdly silent. Also, no antics this time, Zoryn? Boooooo! And again with the mosquitos. She was absolutely convinced that's why she kept itching. Might be time to invest in some bug spray, she thought as she scratched on a spot on her arm. “Something like that. ” Kalen said with a smile. Quote: Originally Posted by emjay Gunnar would guess that they wouldn't do any star-gazing tonight since class was being held outside before dusk. But he wasn't upset about the time they'd be having class. He still got up fairly early, so early classes were easier as opposed to midnight class. Though once class started, the fourteen year old found it rather interesting that they were going to talk about stars anyway. Or at least the first question would suggest that. After a few of his classmates gave their answers, Gunnar raised his hand. "Unlike the moon which shines because of reflecting the sun's light, stars shine because of energy released from gravitational friction." Or that was the general gist of it, at least. Kalen nodded as Gunnar spoke. “Indeed they do Mr. McCarthy. ” He said with a smile. Quote: Originally Posted by Tazzie Harri had been here aaaaall along, mostly silent because she was trying to see if the sky when you were inside a magical school was any different as compared to when you were outside. Turns out, it was pretty much the same. She found it kind of lame, to be honest. After offering the Professor a greeting, a wave and a smile, she plopped next to a vaguely familiar boy (Taddy) who she gave another smile too. He wasn't a Gryffindor but she was sure she had seen him somewhere before. Anyway. Stars! This lesson was about stars? What did Harri know about stars? Well. "I know that stars are very old, Professor. They are also really, really far away. Oh, and the sun is a star." There. Brilliant. Kalen nodded. “The sun is indeed a star. ” He said with a smile. Quote: Originally Posted by Shanners But her priority was learning and showing what she already knew. (Which, in terms of magic, wasn't a lot) So hand raised, she offered the simplest of answers. "You see them in the sky." Not too long, not too short. Couldn't say she wasn't contributing. … “Yes, you do. ” She wasn’t wrong. Quote: Originally Posted by Kolyander Having been here all along, Rylee was content for the moment in take down a few notes about 'stars'. What did she know about stars? Well not as much as her brother did but she knew a fair amount. All of which had been said already but that didn't stop her from writing everything down, when her gaze wasn't drifting towards the sky itself that is. "If you are lost you can always use the North Star to help you find your way back," Rylee answered raising her hand into the air. Or at least those that knew how to use the stars for navigation could do that. Kalen nodded. “Indeed you can Miss Prichard. ” Was he excited that there was another callback to a previous lesson of his.. perhaps he was? Did he show it? Not much. Quote: Originally Posted by Kimothy Ah, stars. Perhaps this lesson was a little bit too general and broad to study in one meeting, but Drewett gave his full attention to the class and to Professor Kennedy. And no, he didn't think it was a weird venue and schedule for the class. For the Ravenclaw, anyone can study astronomy in any time of the day no matter where they are. As for the question, Drewett gave it a little bit more thought before he shared his insights. He, first, listened to what everyone had to say, writing small notes on his parchment as he did. Except for the obvious ones, because he knew there were a lot of stars. Once he was able to catch up, the Ravenclaw raised his hand. "Stars d-don't actually 'twinkle'..." Drewett shared. And he knew why they didn't twinkle, but he left that one wide open for anyone else who wanted to add more. Kalen grinned. “No they don’t, the starlight enters our atmosphere and gets churned up, so it looks like they tinkle, also lights from planets don’t twinkle at all. ” He said with a smile. “Good thoughts Mr. Slinkhard. ” Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow What did Vita know about the stars? Well, she liked to look at them. She knew they could set a romantic scene. She knew people liked to wish on them. All of these things came to her mind, but none seemed appropriate to share, so she listened instead, hoping something more intelligent would come to mind. ... Oh! "The smaller the star, the longer it lives. The bigger ones burn out faster." There, that was a fact. Nice, right? “Good fact Miss Mallari. ” He said with a warm smile at her. Quote: Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom It was so refreshing seeing Professor Kennedy back in class. She had been so used to those awful imposter professors, that even a month in to the school year, she was still beaming ear to ear whenever she saw him - and the other professors who'd returned to their positions - because it meant that nightmare was finally OVER. She raised her hand in regards to his question. "Well, you might think that red giants are hotter, and the smaller, blue ones are cold - but it's actually the opposite. The blue stars are hotter," she answered. ANNND that was pretty much all she knew about stars. “Very good Miss Gladin. You are right. ” He said with a smile. Quote: Originally Posted by klexos24 Stars! Charlie was liking Astronomy, cos she actually knew a thing or two about them (more than any other subject, at the very least) and could confidently -- more confidently, at least -- answer questions. So, stars. What did she know about them? She thought about this for a second -- just to formulate a solid answer -- and then raised her hand high. "Well, professor, the sun is a star, and I'm pretty sure it's the closest one to us, too, or just really really big. The other stars make cool pictures called constellations, like the big and little dippers." She could get used to this knowing-what-to-say thing. Kalen grinned and nodded his head. “The sun is indeed a star, and the closest one to us. ” He said with a smile, “Thank you Miss Smedly. ” Quote: Originally Posted by DJ Moose Oh Mark knew something really cool about Stars! He learned about it from an Old Muggle Song!! Or well he learned about it from an old Muggle song and then was told that song was wrong and it was different from Different song that corrected the first one. "Stars aren't simply made out of gas," Mark chirped up. "They're called Gaseous Giants, but really they're made out of plasma! It's like a weird gas that's not really gas but it is." Uh he was going off a bit here. "It's complicated Science." Mark just finished. Figuring he didn't want to confuse himself or anyone else. He was going to need to listen to that song again. Kalen nodded. “You are correct Mr. Gunter, most of the sun is indeed made up of plasma, but astronomers like to call it hot gas, even though it’s not gas. ” Yeahhh, it was complicated. Ahh well. Kalen smiled at all the answers, he was really pleased with them and their knowledge, even the ones who didn’t fully know much. They were trying, and that’s all that mattered. “All of your answers were very good, and I appreciate your communication. Even if you didn’t know much about Stars, you do now. ” He said with a soft laugh as he looked around. “A few of you mentioned that we have a star close to us, and that is of course the Sun, which is why this lesson is taking place outside, in the afternoon and why we aren’t up in the Astronomy Tower at Midnight making star charts.” He grinned as he looked at them. “Now I could launch into a lengthy lecture about the sun, and bore most of you to tears, but I’m not going to do that. Today at least. We will be studying the sun for the next few months as there is too much to learn for one lesson, so be sure to read up on the sun in your books for future lessons. Today however. ” He paused as he looked at them. “We are going to be looking at the practical uses of the sun. So tell me, How is the sun useful to us in our world, you can tell me modern uses, or old time uses, but how we we make use of this star we call the Sun? ” He asked with a smile. OOC: Thank you guys so much for your participation! We, Kalen and I really appreciate it! The question for this part of the lesson is “How is the sun useful to us.” Thanks! You will have 36 hours ish To answer this before we move on.