Chapter 54: Astronomy Lesson

The Astronomy Tower is the tallest tower in Hogwarts, and astronomy classes are held at the top of this tower.

Having said that, astronomy class is a strange type, there is no uniform book for this class, and students only need to bring binoculars, quills and parchment to class.

This astronomical tower is really high, and the group that went to the top of the astronomical tower to take classes experienced it very well.

Everyone was climbing up the spiral staircase, and they didn't know how many floors they had reached, and everyone felt an inexplicable dizziness, and their breathing became a little short of breath due to exercise.

"How many floors?" asked Arya, gasping for breath.

"It's the eighth floor. George raised his hand and pointed to a portrait of a drunken knight beside him, and introduced the crowd with a smile, "Last time, when Fred and I came, we saw this guy get drunk and fall headfirst into the river, and almost drowned. ”

"How could the figure in the portrait be drowned? Angelina couldn't help but complain.

"Who said it couldn't. Look closely!" Fred winked mischievously at the group, forming a horn outfit with both hands, and shouted at the portrait of the drunken knight, "Ah!"

Then, to the astonishment of the crowd, a stunned glance took place in front of them, and the drunken knight in the portrait seemed to be startled by the shout, and suddenly became panicked, and began to run wildly, and finally fell into a river across the fresco.

The drunken knight threw himself twice in the water and sank into the river, and the woman with the portrait next door hurriedly called for help and tried to get him out of the river.

Everyone looked at this scene in amazement, and they all grew their mouths in surprise.

Soon, everyone had to speed up their pace to climb up, because Fred's strange scream annoyed the paintings next to them, and they all glared at Albert and his party with dissatisfaction.

"It's almost there. George gasped. I don't know how long they walked, but they finally reached the top of the tower,

"It's been a long journey, but luckily we have plenty of time. Albert glanced at his pocket watch, class time was approaching.

"Anyway, if it rains at night, this astronomy class won't be available. "Suddenly George heard something, and he couldn't see the sky when it rained.

"Who knows, I'm going to leave you with a bunch of homework!" Angelina reached out and pushed open the wooden door of the tower.

Professor Sinista was already waiting for everyone at the top of the tower, she had just finished a class.

At nightfall, the wind was strong at the top of the tower, and everyone huddled in the corner to chat. The Hufflepuff students hadn't arrived yet, they were almost late.

"I guess I'm lost. George gloated a bit and wanted Professor Sinista to deduct points for Hufflepuff students.

However, George was destined to be disappointed, and Cedric and the other Hufflepuff students made their way to the top of the Astronomy Tower before class.

"It's hard to find here, and I was almost late. Cedric Diggory was short of breath and smiled and greeted the others.

"Alright, come here, class is about to begin. Professor Sinista drew the freshmen in, and next to her lay an object covered in canvas.

"I know you're new to astronomy, and astronomy is what teaches you. As she spoke, she pulled back the canvas next to her, revealing what was hidden underneath.

"This ......" Albert saw what was underneath the canvas, a small model of the solar system housed in a round glass dome.

This model of the solar system is very beautiful. In the center is the burning sun, surrounded by nine planets and their moons, all suspended in a round glass sphere, glittering in their respective positions.

"This is the solar system, and we live here. Professor Sinista pointed to Earth and continued, "Your lesson this semester is to learn how to use a telescope to observe the starry sky and find the exact positions of the nine planets in the starry sky above us. ”

Students from wizarding families are obviously unfamiliar with celestial bodies, and Albert is a little skeptical that they know that the planet they live on is called Earth.

Professor Sinista took his wand and pointed to the moving celestial bodies, briefly introduced the movement of the celestial bodies, their solar system and other simple astronomical knowledge, and asked them to teach them how to draw astrological charts, and mark the names and positions of the nine planets in the astrological charts.

For Albert, it's nothing.

However, for others, it is difficult to remember it for a moment.

"Wrong, this location is Mars, not Jupiter. Albert was reluctant to correct Fred's mistake, and George next to him was no better.

After everyone had drawn a map of the solar system, Professor Sinista began to teach them how to find the location of the planet they needed in the galaxy above their heads.

The wizard's telescope is actually quite good, probably due to magic, and can see things more clearly than ordinary Muggle telescopes.

"Have you found the location of Mars?" Shanna narrowed one eye and leaned into Albert's lens barrel to look at it.

They don't know exactly which Mars is, and for a newborn who hasn't used a telescope, adjusting the focus itself takes a lot of time.

"Didn't find it. Albert was also quite helpless, in fact, he had already looked in the direction of Professor Sinista's finger, but it was not easy to find the most Mars in the sea of stars.

Wandering around, Professor Sinista would occasionally look at the students' telescopes and correct some of their mistakes.

"Is it really possible to travel to the universe by magic alone?" said this strange thought to Albert's mind.

There should be no way!

After all, the number of wizards in the Harry Potter world is inherently scarce, and a scarce number means a small number of geniuses......

Perhaps, the Department of Mystery at the Ministry of Magic has done research on this, but that's just research after all......

After shaking off the thoughts in his head, Albert refocused his attention on the telescope and began to use it to admire the starry sky.

Before, he had barely seen a starry sky?

Until the end of the class, Albert did not find the nine planets of the solar system, and he didn't care, the more important thing in this class is to let everyone understand part of the astronomical knowledge, familiar with how to use the telescope, and Professor Sinista's homework is also very simple, is to remember the approximate location of the nine planets and their names.

"It's almost curfew, let's go back quickly. Lee Jordan reminded.

"I'm a little hungry and I'm going to go to the kitchen to get something to eat. Albert took out his pocket watch and looked at the time and said, there are still twenty minutes, enough time.

"Wait, we'll go with you. The twins quickly handed their backpacks to Li Jordan, "Don't worry, we'll remember to bring you food back." ”

"You ......" Li Jordan looked at the backs of the three of them in the distance, and his whole body was trembling with anger, "You three...... Bastard, wait for me, don't leave me alone!"