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The months flied by in gush of leaves and when Edvard was prepared and ready to hold his first lesson of the term they were entering October. The leaves had taken on a fuller red or brown and yellow colour as the storms started to pick up and the first snow was hanging in the air. Edvard couldn’t help that he had been a bit preoccupied up till now with fixing the observatory and hosting his challenge.
Clad in magnificent space coloured robes he took up his place at the front in his oak desk with the evening Prophet stuck under his nose as per usual at the start of a lesson. It was Edvards way of getting into teaching mode.The desks are arranged in a typical classroom fashion today with neat rows and parchments on each desk. Make use of the parchment. On the black Professor Roslund has written in his curvy distinctive hand writing.
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Opening the Prophet on the first page Edvard engaged himself in the latest news after the cult of Walpurgis throw down, apparently there had been a ball at the Ministry.
Occ:Make yourselves comfortable. We'll officially start in a few hours. Keep the chit-chat to a minimum. Class has started! Acquaint yourself with the Rules, if you haven't done so already. All Astronomy classes are set at night after dinner.
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Curious he asked “How Beatrice can a sundial be useful in the ongoing modernization?”
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Putting the sun dials back down into its box he picked up a new object and held it up to the class. "Lets move on. Does anyone know what this object is and what it might be used for?"[/color]
Hmm.. How can a sundial be used in the ongoing modernization? Putting her hands together, she answered, "Well Professor, first and foremost we all know that it helps us determine the time based on the position of the Sun. However nowadays, especially in the Muggle world, more advanced instruments are available for the same use such as watches," she held her watch in front of her, "and clocks. Although this may give us the time, it does not tell us what the time really is in a certain time of the day. I mean, if the watch wasn't set beforehand and there isn't any device around that would tell you the time then you still won't know the time. Also, sundials could help us determine the day of the year." Did that answer the question? She hoped so.
Then a new object. What was it?
Beezus thought for a moment. She had seen that instrument on her grandmother's backyard. "I believe that's a nocturnal instrument Professor," she said after raising her hand. "And in contrast to the sundial, it's used to determine time based on the position of a certain star in the sky."
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Hannah looked at the instument to professor was referring to and a couple of things went through her mind. She wasn't sure if she knew the technical term, but she decided to give it a go anyways. With her hand raised she said "Professor I think that is a Nocturnal instrument and it tells time with the help of certain stars." She wasn't sure if nocturnal was the right word for it, but she was sure that the professor would know what she was talking about at any rate.
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Curious he asked “what parts of a sundial could be used in another object Daichi?”
.........did he really have to answer that? Because he has no idea. He had just said it to have something to say..hehe. "Sorry , sir..i-i don't know" he answered, feeling a bit embarrassed.
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He changed his footing and spoke to the whole class "As the majority of you have argued, the sun dial can still be of us to us in the modern wizarding or muggle world. Even though the sundial is impractical and might be less accurate on rainy/cloudy days people can still use them if they want as to check their clocks against or as a backup if modern technology fails."
"We should not forget where the idea of clock originated from and if you maintain it properly then sundials don’t need to be only used a pretty garden decoration. As some of you have said in certain situations where technology may not work or is unavailable a sun dial can prove to be essential."
Putting the sun dials back down into its box he picked up a new object and held it up to the class. [B]"Lets move on. Does anyone know what this object is and what it might be used for?"
Daichi looked at the object the professor held in the air. He had never seen it before nor did it look familiar. Still, he wanted to try give an answer instead of just quietly sitting down so he raised his arm high in the air. It looked like "A compass with a ruler?" O_o
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Hmm… what was that? She'd never seen one before. So instead of taking a guess and getting it wrong, Sky decided to wait and let Professor Roslund explain it. She opened her notebook and wrote down notes on what they'd learned so far while listening to her classmates.
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Ella wasn't too sure what this new object was. Since they were on the subject of telling time, she chanced a guess. "Professor, could that object have been another instrument used to tell time back before modern technology?" It was quite similar to the sundial after all.
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Gideon listened as students gave their opinion on the usefulness or unnecessarity of the sundial by modern day wizards. He chose not to comment seeing as his might be seen as a jaded view given his family background. Instead he waited until Professor Roslund set it aside and showed the class a new instrument and asked them if they knew what it was. "That would be a Nocturnal, Professor," he answered after raising his hand once more. "Its a nighttime version of a sundial and used to tell time by measuring the northern stars circular journey around the Pole Star."
Ryan smiled and wrote it down on parchment.He looked up and thought of what it could be.''Professor thats a Nocturnal version of the Sundial so it could be used at night.''He paused then continuing''It's portable instrument used to tell time by the apparent revolution of the stars on the celestial sphere.''He finished.
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Nodding as Professor Roslund made some more points and responded to each student's answer, Kurumi tried to keep up with note taking. When he held up the next item, Kurumi leaned forward on her desk a bit to get a closer look at all the detailing on it. "Professor, I believe another name for that is a horologium nocturnum, which means time instrument for night, and is closely related to a sundial. The primary difference, as the name implies, is that this particular instrument is used at night and uses the stars' apparent rotation around the Pole Star, which we more commonly call the North Star."
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He changed his footing and spoke to the whole class "As the majority of you have argued, the sun dial can still be of us to us in the modern wizarding or muggle world. Even though the sundial is impractical and might be less accurate on rainy/cloudy days people can still use them if they want as to check their clocks against or as a backup if modern technology fails."
"We should not forget where the idea of clock originated from and if you maintain it properly then sundials don’t need to be only used a pretty garden decoration. As some of you have said in certain situations where technology may not work or is unavailable a sun dial can prove to be essential."
Putting the sun dials back down into its box he picked up a new object and held it up to the class. "Lets move on. Does anyone know what this object is and what it might be used for?"[/color]
Again, Sierra peered up toward the front of the classroom. Oh, she knew what that was--it was a nocturnal, known by several other names, but that one was the one she was most familiar with.
"That's a Nocturnal," she pointed out, her hand raised. "It serves a similar purpose as the sundial, but this one is mainly used at night. The Nocturnal tells the time based on the position of a star in the sky, not the position of the Sun like the sundial." She studied the layout of the instrument, trying to remember what she'd heard about it. "During the night, all the stars usually turn around the North Star, and depending on where they are in their rotation, the Nocturnal can give you the time of day."
"Oh, and it's also mainly used for navigational reasons, like telling the time for calculating the tides," she added.
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Minerva looked at the object for awhile. She wasn't sure if she was right or not putting up her hand "Professor is it a nocturnal instrument to tell time at night."
Kennedy sat up straighter as if that would help him answer the next question. He's never in his life seen such interesting thing. It looked like a compass, but he wasn't quite sure. He slowly raised his hand and said, "It resembles a mathematical compass with a round protractor attached to it," he said. "Those are muggle instruments," he murmured.
He's used those before, but this, he's never seen.
What was that? Ira didn't know about it. And she couldn't even see it properly. Her vision was obscured by the others.
It looked like some kind of.. something! But then she heard what others said.. Nocturnal device? Was there even a thing like that? Maybe there must be a thing like that if everyone was mentioning it. But since she didn't really know much about it, Ira decided to keep quiet and listen to other answers.
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Raven raised her hand and answered
"That is a nocturnal instrument, Professor. It is an instrument used to determine the time based on the position of a certain star in the night sky. Sometimes called a horologium nocturnum or nocturlabe, it is closely related to the sun dial." she explained.
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Harvey nervousily raised his hand... "Is it something that would be used at night? We just looked at an instrument that would be used during the day.. so maybe this one would be used at night.. for the same purpose maybe.." he answered the question.. hoping that he was somewhat correct.
“If it was harmful August then all sundials would be gotten rid off but since it’s not people can use them when they have no other clocks available. 2 points.”
“How and with what materials would you make a simple sundial out of August.” It seemed like he knew what he was talking about.
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He changed his footing and spoke to the whole class "As the majority of you have argued, the sun dial can still be of us to us in the modern wizarding or muggle world. Even though the sundial is impractical and might be less accurate on rainy/cloudy days people can still use them if they want as to check their clocks against or as a backup if modern technology fails."
"We should not forget where the idea of clock originated from and if you maintain it properly then sundials don’t need to be only used a pretty garden decoration. As some of you have said in certain situations where technology may not work or is unavailable a sun dial can prove to be essential."
Putting the sun dials back down into its box he picked up a new object and held it up to the class. "Lets move on. Does anyone know what this object is and what it might be used for?"
Glad to know that his last answer dealing with the loss of normal clocks was right. August had been prepared to leave it at that when the Professor questioned him on what items he would use to make a sun dail.
"Well sir, if you are out in the wild, you could find a clear, open area then set stones in a circle in roughly the positons of the numbers on a clock. Next you would take a tall, thick branch (as straight as you could find) and then stick it in the center pointing at the sky. The shadow should then point towards roughly the hour."
Yeah that should work. He hadn't done it though.
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After sort of freaking out about his explination of building a rough sundail, the Gryffindor took a look at the new item the Astronomy Professor had brought out to show them. "My guess would be it was some sort of nocturnal device for some sort of astrological use." Meaning stars.
He had never seen one and Auggie didn't have the foggiest as to what it would do.
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Zhenya took a close look at the object, and frowned. Hmm... she had seen it at her grandparents house... yes, but wasn't 100% sure about the use of it. Anyway, not to matter, she raised her hand and said "Professor... that's a nocturnal, a type of instrument used during the night. I think it's similar to the Sundial but instead of requiring the positioning of the sun, the nocturnal requites a position of a star to determine the time," she said. Then she had some other information, "It's a good instrument to use during navigation. But Professor, with this instrument does it work on a certain star, or can it work on any star?" she asked.
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“A valid point master Vickers. A sundial doesn’t run on magic or any mechanical upkeep it does need to be maintained properly to work efficiently. 3 points.”
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He changed his footing and spoke to the whole class "As the majority of you have argued, the sun dial can still be of us to us in the modern wizarding or muggle world. Even though the sundial is impractical and might be less accurate on rainy/cloudy days people can still use them if they want as to check their clocks against or as a backup if modern technology fails."
"We should not forget where the idea of clock originated from and if you maintain it properly then sundials don’t need to be only used a pretty garden decoration. As some of you have said in certain situations where technology may not work or is unavailable a sun dial can prove to be essential."
Putting the sun dials back down into its box he picked up a new object and held it up to the class. "Lets move on. Does anyone know what this object is and what it might be used for?"[/color]
Vickers smiled proudly to himself when the Professor gave points for his answer. Then a new object was brought out, to which the Ravenclaw had to narrow his eyes a little as he tried to identify what it was. Initially it looked like a sun dial too, then again if it was why would the Professor ask them to identify it again? Like any time when he was baffled he would turn to his books and read through... oh! Well no wonder they looked similar....
He raised his hand as he replied "Professor, its called a Nocturnal, and just as Sun dials are used to tell time during the day with the help of the sun, Nocturnals are used to tell time at night with the help of using the North Star as its main reference point, along with other stars in the Big dipper or the Little dipper. Mariners use these most often along with their other navigation tools, since they plot out the course of their travels even at night. "
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He changed his footing and spoke to the whole class "As the majority of you have argued, the sun dial can still be of us to us in the modern wizarding or muggle world. Even though the sundial is impractical and might be less accurate on rainy/cloudy days people can still use them if they want as to check their clocks against or as a backup if modern technology fails."
"We should not forget where the idea of clock originated from and if you maintain it properly then sundials don’t need to be only used a pretty garden decoration. As some of you have said in certain situations where technology may not work or is unavailable a sun dial can prove to be essential."
Putting the sun dials back down into its box he picked up a new object and held it up to the class. "Lets move on. Does anyone know what this object is and what it might be used for?"
Elise nodded, taking more notes before looking up to see what it was that Professor Roslund was showing the class. A night-time instrument thingy. Noct... Noct-something. Nocturnal.
"It's a Nocturnal, professor. It's used to determine time, much like a sundial, but only at night. It uses the North Star as a reference point and is a navigational instrument too."
Lowering her hand, Elise sketched the instrument and labeled it on her spare parchment. She'd need that sketch for her notes later.
Sophie thought that was a really cool looking object, but had absolutely no idea of what it was. She decided to just listen as the others spoke. Everybody seemed to be saying it was like a sundial, but to be used at night. That made Sophie wonder what those letters were for. Hm...
Another instrument was to identify. Hades gazed at it for long, then mused into his own thoughts as he tried to recall the item. "I've seen it before, but where?" the Slytherin mumbled to himself, shrugging his head. Several more mumblings and he shut and opened his eyes for a few time before he remembered what it was. "It's a nocturnal. I think it's used to determine time too, but using the position of stars at night time,"that he didn't know how to use.
Messer smiled widely when Professor Roslund gave points for his answer. Then the Professor put back the sun dial and held up a new object. His eyes automatically went to the object. Oh he know that one. Messer raised his hand up in the air "Its a Nocturnal, Sir. Its a portable instrumentused to determine the time based on the position of a certain star in the night sky. The nocturnal is an instrument developed for use by sailors who noticed that the northern stars appeared to rotate around the Pole Star." Speaking of Pole Star he felt a little deja vu.
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Putting the sun dials back down into its box he picked up a new object and held it up to the class. "Lets move on. Does anyone know what this object is and what it might be used for?"
Laura looked at the Professor. "It's a clock that someone made wrong, you see it suppost to have number all the way around and also the thing that points to the numbers is suppost to be small and there are suppost to be two of them." Laura sighed. "Professor if I was you I'd go ask for my money back, that's just rubbish workmanship there." Laura looked at the Professor.
Janice smiled. 3 points for answering a question? That was new. For her, at least.
Aaand she had no idea what the thing was. A calendar? A clock? Can't tell. She raised her hand up uncertainly and replied.
"It, err, a time measureing device, right?" Well that was just plain obvious. "Is it a calendar, or a clock that doesn't uses sunlight to determine the time?"
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"It's a Nocturnal, Professor," Jory said raising his hand after taking a good look at the object. "It's used during the night instead to tell time by using a particular star as a reference point.''
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