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Stars illuminate the dark canvas of the sky as you make your way to the Astronomy Tower and enter the Astronomy classroom where once again Heating Charms are in place. Perhaps a little too strongly, but Professor Flamsteed has become especially sensitive to cold weather with his weary bones. The desks are arranged in their usual semi circle to help created a more personal environment and have the addition of a small present for each of you as you sit down at your desk. Professor Flamsteed's desk is positioned in the front of the classroom and doesn't have anything terribly exciting about it. Save for perhaps the professor sitting behind it. Off to the side on another table are all of your solar systems in a box, but don't go and get them just yet.
So come on in and find your seat. Oh, and don’t forget to use the lint roller.......wait...it is missing again. Oh well.
⌦Lesson Progression
▸ question 1 :: what is the definition of a planet?
▸ question 2 :: My Very European Mother Just Served Us Nutella
▸ question 3 :: Why do we not see large gassy planets among the inner planets and why no small rocky ones among the outer planets?
▸ activity 1 :: make a Jovian planet
▸ activity 1 :: update! Still plenty of time to play
▸ question 4 :: which three planets should we be able to see tonight?
▸ question 4 :: update still looking for a correct guess
▸ activity 2 :: planetary scavenger hunt!
▸ activity 2 :: progress update & quick links
▸ activity 2 :: progress update, prizes given out, 7th years come hither!
This lesson has officially started! Please do not announce your character arriving late and just pretend like they have been in class all along. You are free to jump in any time and should use the lesson progression links to keep up.
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Sander continued to search. Somehow the challenge made him more invigorated. He now had some kind of purpose. Planet searching was fun.
He scanned the dark skies through his telescope, patiently searching and finally his search was rewarded when he found another planet different from the two he had already found.
He had found Neptune.
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There wasn't a single chance that Alec was going to be the first Hufflepuff to find all four planets. For one, he liked moving at this quite slow pace he was moving and for another... his mind... was drifting off and contemplating the idea of cheese and crackers as a suitable midnight snack.
... Erm...?
Shaking his head, the eighteen year old peered through his telescope again. Jupiter. To the West. He had found that. There were bound to be some more planets here, right? And maybe he'd need to adjust his telescope a bit more to find them? Especially if they were much further away. And Pluto! Pluto would be the hardest one to see, he would count on that. But at least they'd get to see it, right?
Deciding to leave the adjusting to later, Alec continued searching the sky until his eyes landed on... "Mars!" There really was no mistaking that red. Grinning to himself, he made a small note of it in his journal.
Text Cut: Mars
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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin
Ian listened as she asked a bunch more questions, but at least he was starting to learn more about her. Not really. I mean dad takes me out on the fishing boat and I've had the chance to travel that way, but they don't make much and so travel isn't something we do. Plus, there isn't a lot of places they want to go. They aren't particularly thrilled they've got to get me to London for the train. He thought that if they got out more, they'd appreciate things more, but he also knew not to push them much.
He clapped a little when she said New York. Really? What's it like living there? Until he came to Hogwarts, he'd never been to a city any larger than Edinburgh. That was for his grandmother's funeral.
He saw Gwen shiver and asked her Getting a little cold? Maybe we could find something to do that's a bit warmer. He knew a nice place up in the treehouse they could sit and enjoy some time together.
Brynn took one more look at her doodled solar system. She was awfully tired of working on it and it was done to her satisfaction, even adding melted chocolatey drips to Neptune. So was it time to go yet? No?
Brynn wasn't completely sure how she felt about doing a planet scavenger hunt because, when she tried looking for them with Bart for them homework, she completely failed at it. Still, her legs were kind of cramped from sitting so long so it might do her some good to give them a stretch.
Pluto was barely visible? Why not get the hardest out of the way? Besides, it had a cool name, though she did want to see if Neptune was really made of Nutella. Might be hard to see from where she was standing though. The logic of going from the outer to the inner made sense to her, so Pluto it was.
Casting Lens Focalis on the telescope, Brynn aimed it in the approximate location from where she could tell Pluto might be. Slowly she moved it until something came into view. Pluto? Maybe. It could be Pluto. Shrug.
SPOILER!!: Pluto
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Originally Posted by PhoenixRising
Research. That's what Josephina was out here for if anyone asked.
That and she hadn't seen big-man Orsino in a few months and she wanted to make sure he didn't eat any children or trip on one of the small ones or something.
Not wanting to disturb his hut though, the muggle studies professor slipped quietly to the back of the hut, thinking she would just get a quick peek inside the window. Make sure he was alright and all. Unlike Annie or Tiara when she saw them at the match - seriously? Wrinkles? Gray hair? She didn't think they were THAT much older than her.
But before she got to the window she heard something ...... buzzing? Turning in horror at what her ears were telling her was behind her she blinked in shock. Ycch !! Beekeeping?!? He was supposed to keep the GROUNDS, not BEES that could HURT people..........
Turning around all too quickly and backing up, she stumbled and backed right into the white fence. Hopefully her sudden movement against the fence wouldn't activate them .......or the beegroundskeeper was near?
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Caleb was ALL about this scavenger hunt stuff - despite moving like a snail as he walked. CURSE THIS AGING THING! It was REALLY getting old. No pun intended.
Once he was settled near the window, away from his other classmates who were all doing the same thing, he looked up into the sky with his telescope. He could do the little spell, but in a RACE like this, he didn't have time to stop and do that nonsense! Best to just do it the muggle way.
He searched and searched until finally..."NEPTUNE! Found ya!" he exclaimed. BAM! That one would be the hardest, right? Cause it was BLUE and all, it kind of blended into the night sky...
SPOILER!!: Le quote
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Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline
Ben listened as the older boy attempted the pronunciation, however struggling on the second word. "It's alright," he assured him as Bay appologized for his troubles. It was all a part of helping each other out...right? "I think it would be pronounced Na-ve-kuu-la," the second year mused. At least that was how the spelling made it seem like. Ben didn't remember the professor actually showing them how other than saying each spell once when she explained what they each did.
"Lig-num Na-ve-kuu-la," he repeated, including both words of the incantation this time and mulling over them with his lips and tongue to get a better feel for it.
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Sander had only one more planet to find. The elusive Mars. He scanned the skies, looking for it. It had to be nearer than the ones he had already sighted. He searched closer to the horizon and then back up again and that's when he saw it.
MARS!!
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Originally Posted by Expecto-Penguin
Kace smiled and thought it was adorable she was blushing. Hey everyone had their embarrassing moments right? He wouldn't hold it against her. He wasn't that kind of person. He still made motions to help her but she seemed to get it. She almost fell again and Kace grabbed her arms to steady her. "Here you go." he grinned.
"Oh nice to meet you Beverly." he said holding out his hand for her to shake. "Oh and about the quill? Don't worry about it. I mean you can't control the wind. If you could i think you would be like...a...super hero or something!"
"There you are my beauty," Sander said to himself and smiled.
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Ok, next one that was kind of hard to find - Pluto. He'd get that one out of the way right now. It was going to be a long shot trying to find this one since it was SMALL, but Caleb was counting on the fact that everyone would try and find that one LAST and take a lot of time.
He walked over to the other side of the room where he figured he'd have a better view, and STARED. He stared and stared and STARED up into the sky, looking for the dwarf planet.
...
...
.......
THERE IT WAS!
He found it! He grinned and shot his fist in the air. "WOOT WOOT!" he cried, but thought better about yelling out what planet he found. No one was going to find it because of him! NOPE! All was fair in war and scavenger hunts!
SPOILER!!: Le quote
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Originally Posted by Shanners
This here was her 'spot'. Her secret one, most likely. If she sat close enough she felt like she'd be hit by a branch, but never was. Elodie didn't want to be hit, though. She just liked feeling like she could get hurt. It was weird, and something she didn't have time to try and explain or want to explain or anything in the lines of explaining. She adjusted the bow in her hair a little, smiling as her fingers played with it, and already missing Mucklow. Candice had met her in Hogsmeade with the puppy so she could say 'hi' and cuddle with him for a bit, given the time of year that it was, and it had helped her mood incredibly.
She didn't want to cry now.
She just wanted to sit.
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Alright, so if she was correct about Pluto then the planet she would need next going outer to inner would be... Brynn scanned her book for a moment. Jupiter. She nudged the telescope gently in the approximate location going by the chart and peered through it. Nothing yet.
Moving it very, very slowly up and to the right, Brynn stopped as she saw a bright spot in the sky. Was that it? She glanced down at the chart again before looking back at the sky, then into the telescope. That could be Jupiter.. sure it could.
SPOILER!!: Jupiter
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Originally Posted by DuckyLinJi
Ah! The bees were new so that was why his parents hadn't told him about it! That explained a lot but he still wished he knew about it though. He hated going to this school, thinking he knew things but in reality he didn't. This was not how he had prepared himself.
"Yeah, pretty cool" he answered back as he looked at the bees buzzing behind the fence "I like snails better, i used to paint their shells in different colors and why am i even telling you this?!"
The booming voice of the groundskeeper made Kevin turn his gaze away from the bees. Wait....help? what? He actually wanted HIM as a help?! OH THIS GONNA BE GOOOOD! He grinned from ear to ear as the man picked up two beekeeping suits and he put one of them on without hesitation.
He looked ridiculous though because the suit was way to big for him. He tried rolling up his sleeves and pants but it slided down each time he had finally secured it. Oh right! Shrinking spell of course! Grabbing his wand from his wrist holster, the boy pointed it at his clothes and didn't do anything. "Ehm....how do i use the shrinking spell anyway?" He hated knowing what the spell was and what it did but not knowing HOW to use the spell.
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Two down, two more to go. Caleb stayed in his position this time, staring up in the sky and looking around from his spot at the window. There was really a great view from this part of the tower, he couldn't deny it. He scanned the skies, looking for Jupiter and Mars which he figured would be pretty easy to find due to their colors.
Sure enough, there it was! He could see Mars glittering red against the night sky. That had been easy! Wow, it really WAS a pretty sight, wasn't it?
Now just to find his favorite, JUPITER!
SPOILER!!: Quote!
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Originally Posted by Unalii
Melek wandered around the grounds, exploring Hogwarts when she heard some music. Mel followed the sound with a smile until she stopped right in front of the person making it. Her eyes narrowed and she sighed, crossing her arms. She mumbled, "Great..." Melek started to turn as she went back to where she was exploring but she accidentally bumped the guitar but not enough to damage it. Mel mumbled an apology and kept going, trying to get as much distance between Annaleecia and her. Tears were trying to force their way out of her eyes as she tried to pick up her pace. Melek fell to her knees a little bit away and covered her face, letting the emotions from the lack of attention her parents gave her and then losing one of her only friends. Her shoulders did not shake though and she did not make a sound as her lip quivered and tears came trailing down her face. Her hands went to the ground and she tried to make a grab at the floor.
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Bay looked up to try to find these planets.. searching the sky.. it was easier said then done.. alright telescope time.. he placed his eye to the telescope and he started to adjust the dials…. scanning….scanning… OH THERES ONE he had found Neptune… awesome..
quickly writing this down in his book he made sure that he only needed to find three more.. now more hunting to do.
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Just one more! Caleb moved over a few windows, squeezing past his peers as he moved, and looked up to the sky with his telescope in the general area where Jupiter was supposed to be. He was really excited to find this one - he DID love Jupiter. It was just so COOL looking.
After searching for a few minutes, just as he was about to get up and move - he found it! There it was, the beautiful gas giant in all it's swirly colors. SO COOL!
That was it, he had found them all! Jupiter was the last one!
He waited just a minute more, admiring the planet through his telescope for a bit, before heading back to Flamsteed to report the awesome news!
SPOILER!!: Quote!
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Originally Posted by HazelStone101
"Yeah, it certainly is easier on a person if they're younger and can't remember it as well.. I'm sorry it was hard on your father though.." Emma replied, her voice soft. It was always hard talking about her life, but even harder seeing the pain in others.
She smiled, grateful to know that at least someone didn't find a bunch of faults about her. "Thank you so much, Michael. That means a lot to me, really. You're very kind." She watched him carefully as he handed her a tissue. Oh. There must have been something on her face. She wiped off the dirty culprit immediately upon finding it on her cheek. There. Much better.
Oh how sad. It had to be awful not to be able to keep in touch with his siblings. She couldn't even imagine what he was going through. "Oh. I'm so sorry, that must be really hard to deal with sometimes."
"Well, I'm glad that you've gone through life without want.. at least materialistically speaking.." Emma smiled, laughing when he mentioned his wild side.
"I suppose that's where the Griffindor comes out, eh?" She giggled, thinking back to when she had first been sorted, desperate to be a Griffindor like her mother. It was okay though, she had come to terms with being sorted into Ravenclaw, the tower was now like a second home in itself. "Ooh! A ferret? I looooove ferrets! I always wanted one!" Emma exclaimed, her cheeks turning a light shade of pink when she realized exactly how loud her outburst had been.
"Oops. Sorry."
Now it was time for the main event: Fishing.
"First one to catch anything gets a chocolate frog!"
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moving the telescope around he tried zooming in on certain area's… turning the dials as he went, thats where he found it… MARS this class was way to much fun..
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Originally Posted by Bay's Notes
Planets Found
1. Neptune, Black Lake, #709 - Check
2. Mars, Beehives Behind the Hut, #18 -Check
"two down two more to go" he placed his quill down and scanned the sky's some more… he needed to find Jupiter and Pluto. time to get back at it
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Leaning a bit more on his desk as he watched students go about their stargazing. It was nice to see that they could still get excited over something as simple as finding planets in these times. Clutching his chest tightly for a few long moments as he took several long and raspy breaths, the astronomer eventually reached for another chocolate coin and began fumbling around with the wrapper.
If you are already done with the activity, you can continue to RP stargazing (LOTS OF THINGS TO SEE OUT THERE!) and/or make some more planets for your solar system if you wish. Feel free to interact with each other and help each other find things IC.
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Oh, they were going to get to do stargazing as an activity? This was totally why Flamy was her favourite Professor. Ana loved stargazing and she'd take any opportunity that she could get to do so.
Ana didn't really bother too much with quickly looking for planets, she was sure that someone else from her house would get in quickly for the activity, instead she just used her telescope to look out at the sky for a bit, moving it leisurely as she attempted to find one of the planets. This was more leisure for her than a competition, although she was a little competitive which is why she even bothered to keep an eye out for the planets.
After a few minutes of looking around Ana managed to spot what looked like a planet that was on their list. Focussing the telescope Ana squinted slightly, attempting to make out what planet it was. If she wasn't mistaken it was Jupiter? One planet down three more to go. Because she was totally counting Pluto.
SPOILER!!: Jupiter
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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker
Telling jokes all the time and in all situations, typical. She'd known Tag enough to expect it coming. And one corner of her mouth did left indicating that she heard and got the joke. Yup, she sees still. Though laughing would totally ruin the entire serious act she was putting.
As for what hex, that made her pause and scratch her chin thinking of what spell would have gotten out of her mouth had her first reaction been to hex. "Umm.... I'd have totally stunned you," She answered. "Congratulations on surviving," she grinned at that.
"Oh, just me! I feel so special now," she chuckled. So he sought fresh air, made sense. "I always am." She told him with a nod. "You could say I came here for fresh air, too." and boredom.
So which one did she have to find next? Brynn glanced down at her book to see what she needed, still going from outer to inner. Oh yes, Neptune. The Nutella planet. She really wanted to see if she could find any actual Nutella on it, though she had the sinking suspicion that she wouldn't.
Nudging her telescope into the spot she thought would most likely give her a view of that specific planet, Brynn set her eye on the eyepiece. Nothing yet. She slowly moved until she saw what she thought was a planet. Neptune? Probably. Nothing that looked like Nutella though.. just a bright point in the sky.
SPOILER!!: Neptune
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Originally Posted by Gryffindoll
Louis's smile slowly transformed into something of a grimace as he watched Delilah's giddy expression turn thoughtful. TOO thoughtful. Uh oh. What had he just gotten himself into? He'd sort of been assuming she'd ask for more flowers or something. But her mind seemed to be elsewhere.
Prefects bathroom. This weekend. Come with me.
Louis stared at her with saucer-sized blue eyes. Whaaaat? "You want me to..." he didn't get it. "Bathe with you?" His cheeks turned a light shade of pink, but he didn't look away from the girl, his expression incredulous.
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Okay, this was going to be fun. Not so much the wandering around the room because her legs were sore but the actual finding the planets, she really liked the sound of that. The Head Girl moved only when they were given the okay and found the nearest telescope, manually adjusting the lens so that it was in focus. Now if she could just find a planet, she'd be all set.
Scan...scan...scan...
It took her a while and eventually she found herself looking at a planet. One of the Jovian planets and the last one she'd thought of that they might be locating today. It was Neptune! "Gotcha." So far so good.
And P.S. her eyes were going to be tired after this. Merlin.
SPOILER!!: Neptune
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Originally Posted by DH Vixen
Oh the pathway. Lana had missed it and she knew the moment she could, she would have to go down it and take it all in. All summer, she had encountered paths that paled in comparison to it. Most of them were just not as green or peaceful as the one she was walking down now. There was a sense of peacefulness that radiated from everything and she was so happy to be amongst it again.
Skipping down the pathway, she took in the sounds and allowed her thoughts to wander a bit. There was still a lot on her mind and she hadn't really wanted to deal with most of it until later. She was just too happy to be back to want to dampen her mood with things that would upset her.
Just as she rounded a turn, she spotted a familiar figure and stopped. "Silly Bean?" she called out, even though she was well aware it was her sister just a few feet from her. They needed to talk and now that they were in the same place and not completely around a full Great Hall of students and professor, it was time. Plus there was no way there could be a scene now. Well, there could be a scene but at least not everyone would see it and for good reason; she know a scene was very possible when it came to the talks her twin and herself had.
Almost done, now Brynn had to find Mars. That should be an easy one she thought. The first year glanced down at the chart and moved her telescope into position one last time. Then she peered into it again.
No Mars.. at least not yet. Nudge, nudge, nudge.. Brynn slowly moved it, trying to catch some glimpse of something. There! That was something.. another bright spot. Was it Mars? Brynn was going to say it was.
SPOILER!!: Mars
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Originally Posted by Colley
"I make all the things, Michael Toussaint, and if I don't know how to make it, I'll find out and I'll make it." She nodded. To some, it could possibly appear that Caterina was over confident, but she was just honest. Baking was just one of the things she happened to do better than most people. "I have a recipe for that, if you want." Though it might be better if he and Alexa just left chocolate making to the professionals.
"Lemon tarts! I can do that!" Cat nodded, which made it harder for her to pull all of her blonde hair up into a ponytail, but she seemed to manage. "I'll make that for you, then." She grabbed at the skateboard and jumped back on it, wiggling around a little bit before she glanced back at the boy. "He did, yeah. He's a good boyfriend." In case the boy ever wanted to know how a boyfriend should be, you know? "Lesson there, I'm sure. I would have been much more angry if he hadn't told me himself." She was helpful. But now he sure did look uncomfortable. Cat pushed the skateboard closer to circle around the boy. "It's not your fault that she did it. That's her own fault. Though she does need to learn that she can't just DO that. It's rude, and other people might not appreciate it even more than I do." You know?
Cat smiled. She knew exactly what was going on with that. He didn't see it himself? "That's easy." She replied, continuing her practice, "She's jealous." Simple. "Which means either one, she wants to be kissing you herself, or two, she's scared that she's going to lose her best friend to some other girl and she doesn't want to let you go." Or maybe both.
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It was a bit chilly, yeah? Ella pulled her robes tighter around herself and glanced around at her classmates before looking through her telescope again. All she could think was that as much as she enjoyed this, she would enjoy snuggling up in her warm bed that much more. There were more planets to find, though. She'd finish that first. Mhm.
Humming was happening. Quiet humming but still. It was making her less antsy and less annoyed seeing as it was taking her quite a while to find another planet. They were up there somewhere, yeah? So why couldn't she ju--
OH!
BEAM!
It was Pluto! Ella smiled to herself and whispered, "You should be able to be a planet if you want to be." She wasn't changing her mind about that. Sorry, Airey-face. And after finding the little guy, the Head Girl felt a bit less grumpy. Team Pluto and all that. It was good to see it and now she could move along happily and locate the rest of the planets. Well, if she was lucky. Here's hoping.
SPOILER!!: Pluto
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Originally Posted by Colley
Caterina very much doubted that he had managed to go that fast, but she was definitely an appreciator of a well placed over-exaggeration, so she laughed again. "I'm sure that's got to be some sort of record, right?" Boys were so funny, she really enjoyed them.
Oh, oh. But now he was going to show her how to properly ride the skateboard. Yes! Lessons! Or sort of. She put on her best concentration face and listened carefully. She was impressed by the ease of which he managed to roll around. Maybe with enough practice, she could manage that too! Of course, that would mean Mo would have less time with his skateboard. Maybe she'd get one for herself too.
"I like cake." Cat replied with a grin, as she made her attempt at mimicking his moves. "I'll make you cake for helping me." She was still a little wobbly, which was to be expected, but she rather thought she'd managed quite well at it, if she did say so. She rolled on and on but didn't quite master that turning thing, and sort of jumped off before she fell over again. "I might have to get my own board." She said, out loud this time, "So I can practice more." Cat pushed it over to the boy again, "Do you know how to do those jump things?" Cause that was also impressive. But not something she could learn before she got the basics down.
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Ian heard the instructions and grabbed his telescope and headed for an open spot at one of the portals. He took quite a bit of time to find a good place to set the telescope on that would help him be able to see things. He fumbled with the dials and angles, trying to see what would be optimal. (Obviously, he missed the key step of removing a cover from the front of the telescope, but since he's in his own little 'world' see what I did there? he doesn't notice.)
He glanced out the window until he thinks he can see a rather bright object in the night sky. He looks down into the eyepiece and sees only darkness. He begins to fidget with the knobs, trying to adjust the zoom, but alas he is rewarded with still more darkness when he returns to the eyepiece each time. Frustrated, he sits down in the closest chair and glares at all the students 'finding' planets.
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Next…Next she wanted to find Jupiter. Yeah. Largest planet in the Solar System shouldn’t be too hard to locate, right? And it was sort of crazy just how large it was. She’d read that a crazy amount of earth-sized planets could actually fit right inside of Jupiter. Just…yeah. Way to make her feel extremely small and insignificant in the grand scheme of things. And scientists said Pluto was too small. Merlin!
Anyway, the eighteen year old adjusted her telescope again and looked up into the night sky. Would it be horrible if she paused to admire the stars for a minute or two? Because she really loved how bright they were. Stargazing was her favorite and especially when she was doing it with a certain hair ruffler. Speaking of, the badger looked away from her telescope and searched for him, smiling a little when she found him. Hard at work, he was. Could they stargaze tomorrow for fun? She was going to ask…
Wait, what was she supposed to be doing again? OH! Jupiter! Erm…
Scan…scan…scan…
“There you are.” Grin!
SPOILER!!: Jupiter
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Originally Posted by HOPEendures
Hope made her way down the ground trying to enjoy being out of the castle for the first time since arriving. The common room was amazing. The food was amazing. The school was amazingly large. The students were nice enough...some of them anyway. The library was huge. The view from her bed when she woke up was amazingly breath taking. So far, it hadn't disappointed her yet.
The grounds... they were pretty amazing. She had let her feet walk wherever as her mind wandered on it's own free will. She had a book clasped in her hand and the urge to just vanish for a while. However, it seemed like that could be a potential impossibility, but who knew. She found a quiet spot under the shade of the beech tree and made herself comfortable as possible. Yes. This would be an amazing day.
One more to go, right? Ella smiled a little and pulled back from the telescope, rubbing at her eyes. When she stopped, the eighteen year old noticed Ian looking a bit gloomy so she wandered over, deciding to check on him. Badgers helping badgers, y'know? It was necessary.
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Ian looked up to see Ella. No. I'm old and grumpy and to top it all off, my telescope doesn't work. He wanted to maintain his grumpy disposition, but it was really hard when someone did something nice for you. He gave her half a smile to show that he appreciated the concern.
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Originally Posted by Edward Penguin
Ian looked up to see Ella. No. I'm old and grumpy and to top it all off, my telescope doesn't work. He wanted to maintain his grumpy disposition, but it was really hard when someone did something nice for you. He gave her half a smile to show that he appreciated the concern.
Poor Ian.
Ella bit her lip to stop the frown that was tugging at the corners of her mouth. She understood where he was coming from and she didn't blame him for being grumpy, not at all. "I'm going to take a look, okay? I um...I do a lot of star gazing so maybe I can help?" Maybe. Half smile was returned and she wandered over to the nearest telescope.
Oh. "I.." The cap was still over the lens, did he know? Probably not and considering he was grumpy, she didn't want to make it worse. So instead of letting him know what he'd forgotten, she carefully undid the cap as stealthily as she could and then peered into the telescope. "Oh, I...there must have been dirt or something blocking the lens but it's better now." Mhm. She could see so now he would be able to too. "I'll leave you to it, okay Ian? Try and have fun." Cause planets! Planets were brilliant.
And then she headed back to her own work. She didn't want to annoy the kid or anything. Merlin knew he tended to get into trouble when she was around.
...
After helping out Ian, Ella returned to the telescope and carefully adjusted it once more, in search of the last planet she needed to find. The last planet being… … … UH. A confused expression clouded her face and she frowned, looking down at her hands. She’d found Neptune, Pluto, and…Jupiter so far. Yeah. Which meant the last one she needed to find was um..something with an M. It was an M planet. Not Mercury. Mars! Yes, that was it. Mars. Hm…
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Okay so Mars was harder to find than she’d expected. Her being tired probably wasn’t helping. She kept getting those droopy lids and the eighteen year old kept stopping to tap her cheeks, willing herself to stay awake. She could do this. She just needed to focus and find a planet much like the one she was currently staring at through her teles-MARS! There it was. GRIN! That was it, yeah? Could she go to sleep now? Bedtime past 8pm was seriously pushing it for her these days.
SPOILER!!: Mars
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Originally Posted by lemon
"Aren't you meant to be discouraging improper use of female undergarments rather than promoting it?" Alice asked jokingly, uneasily getting to her feet once the professor had rid the air of the last water balloon. The slight grin on her face paired with her tone made it evident that she was kidding, but water balloons were NOT cool. Really.
And then he was getting looks. Gryffindor nature? Was he implying something, just because she hadn't wanted to get wet?
Flashing another grin, she tried to inconspicuously draw the outline of a clockwise circle over the lake with her wand, followed by a counterclockwise one. Another flick of her wand, and it was hurtling towards the back of Airey's head.
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Originally Posted by Ella
Poor Ian.
Ella bit her lip to stop the frown that was tugging at the corners of her mouth. She understood where he was coming from and she didn't blame him for being grumpy, not at all. "I'm going to take a look, okay? I um...I do a lot of star gazing so maybe I can help?" Maybe. Half smile was returned and she wandered over to the nearest telescope.
Oh. "I.." The cap was still over the lens, did he know? Probably not and considering he was grumpy, she didn't want to make it worse. So instead of letting him know what he'd forgotten, she carefully undid the cap as stealthily as she could and then peered into the telescope. "Oh, I...there must have been dirt or something blocking the lens but it's better now." Mhm. She could see so now he would be able to too. "I'll leave you to it, okay Ian? Try and have fun." Cause planets! Planets were brilliant.
And then she headed back to her own work. She didn't want to annoy the kid or anything. Merlin knew he tended to get into trouble when she was around.
Ian nodded when she offered her assistance. She was quite helpful, even if he did get into some measure of challenging situations when she was around. As she walked to the telescope, he looked at the floor. He felt foolish and a bit out of sorts for not being able to figure out a simple telescope. He studied the shoelaces on his trainers as he waited to see what was the problem.
He perked up a little when she said he'd gotten it to work. He looked to her and then the telescope. It was then he noticed the lens cover on the ledge next to the telescope. He looked sheepishly at her and said, Thank you, Ella. That was very kind of you. He felt like a foolish child now.
He went back to the telescope and began scanning the area, looking for the planets.
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Slow Summers was slow. Which... might have had something to do with the fact that he had conveniently decided to take a break for his eyes.
... Wait... how long did they have left now?
Moving on? Awesome idea. He rubbed his eyes one last time before peering into the telescope. He just had two left to find, yeah? Two more... and they were the ones that were further away from Earth than the other two that he had already found. And one was VERY small. Here's hoping his eyes could manage.
Grey-blue eyes continued scanning the sky until they landed on... ... something. Something he couldn't see very well from all the way over here. More eyes rubbing took place before the eighteen year old glanced up and over at the celestial body he had been looking at be--
... OH! Neptune, right? Neptune. HEY!
Text Cut: Neptune
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Originally Posted by grace9900
The girl looked annoyed that Annabel had taken her out of the book. Annabel frowned, did she offend the girl? She looked frail and weak. The girl looked up at her, then the area around them and then back on her. The older girl sighed and placed her bookmark in the book before closing it and straightening herself out. Was she annoyed? Was she going to leave? Questions buzzed around in Annabel's mind. Then the girl looked back up at her and managed a weak hello, before introducing herself as Melek or Mel. She didn't look like a first year, so Annabel assumed she was a transfer. " Nice to meet you Mel. I'm Annabel, but many call me Anna. Annabel is too much of a mouthfull ." Annabel smiled friendly at the girl, something that was very un-slytherin. She wasn't going all hufflepuff like her cousin, right? Annabel decided it would be bad to make friends outside of Slytherin, her cousin and the two boys she had met on the train. Mel gestured to a spot next to her and asked Annabel to join her. Annabel graciously took the spot and smiled. Mel told her about being from Turkey. " Please tell me no one asked if it was the animal ." Annabel grimaced at the stupidity of some people. Melek then asked her about where she came from. " Nah, I'm from France ," she said and smiled, hopefully she'd understand now where her accent had came from. Mel tilted her head and looked at Annabel, before asking the dreaded question; is Slytherin an evil house? " History probably disagree with me, but I don't think so...we are just misunderstood. At least I hope, I don't want to be evil! ." " I'm going to guess your in Ravenclaw, because I know your not Slytherin and only Ravenclaws would have the guts to ask something like that. So, if you don't mind me asking, why did you move? "
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Bay noticed that someone had already found the planet he was looking for first. moving his dials around he came across another planet.. zooming in he looked real close at it.. and yes he was right it was JUPITER.. quickly writing this down so he didn't forever Bay moved his telescope around some more.. now he still had two more planets to find… back to the hunt...
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One more planet!
Thankfully because the eighteen year old was getting tired yet again.
Suppressing a yawn, Alec made a small note of Neptune in his journal before scanning the skies once again. Scan scan scan... right across that bunch of stars over there. Which ones were they, by the way? Could he grab a textbook and have a quick search through that or...?
... No. No, he could figure out which star was up there, right? Like... that one... he squinted a little. S... something to do with a dog... S... Sirius? Sirius! The boy grinned at the celestial body before moving along towards the West. One more planet... Pluto, where are you? Pluto...
This meant that he was done, yeah? He could take a break? Relax?
Text Cut: Pluto
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She wasn't turning around. Why wasn't she turning around? She had read it hadn't she? "Amelia?" he asked, nearing her and placing his hand on her back. "Miks?" He wanted to hug her, he wanted to take her to the kitchens where they somehow ended up doing most of their talking. "Hey, you. You... okay?"
Astronomy Lesson 3 :: planetary formation 
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