Astronomy III

[Julian Galaksylph]

𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲
Professor Wolfgang Deadman


Astronomy Classroom

"The spacious Astronomy classroom is located on the top-most level of the Astronomy Tower. Accessed via a steep spiral stairway, the classroom is surrounded by crenelated ramparts and iron security railings around the edge of the Tower, where students gaze the skies with their telescopes. Astronomical models and telescopes are propped against the ramparts when the classroom is not in use. There is also a blackboard where the professor will always write with a chalkboard charmed to glow in the dark and there are floating warm-lit lanterns for students to see their writing in the dark. A door leads into a turret and the steep spiral stairway inside leads below.

This class, for 4th Years to the end, will be taught by a Durmstrang Alum named Wolfgang Deadman. An astronomer from Germany, he always wanted to become a teacher but for personal reasons he cannot teach in Durmstrang. He was pretty quiet and hard-to-read, but once you get to know him better he was actually pretty nice outside of class. Still, Deadman isn't a lenient professor, though as long as you listen in class you'll be in his good side constantly.

Thusday. 11:00pm to 11:45pm.
(Updated on Sundays)

Rules of the Classroom
Arrive on time, ten minutes is the grace period.

Be patient while I'm lecturing, I will give you time to ask questions.

Spellwork isn't necessary for this class, so put your wands away.

Pass your papers on time. No extensions.

Any insensitive and derogatory remarks against anybody here will be sent to my office.

There will be no fighting in my class. I will not entertain or allow any form of violence.

Syllabus for Fourth Years
First Year
[ ] Names of Planets
[ ] Movements of Planets
[ ] Names of Stars (Including Sun)
[ ] Names of Constellations

 

[Julian Galaksylph]

𝐖𝐨𝐥𝐟𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠_𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐚𝐧spaces
( German Half-Vampire ￭ Durmstrang Alumnus ￭ Astronomer ) ↫xx

𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕: 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒏𝒆
𝑾𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆
𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒏𝒐 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏: 𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆
𝑶𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓


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As the students arrived, the first person they see was a tall man with his very dark hair tied in a ponytail, which a pallor that one would assume to be a little bit vampiric in the night time (Of course, Wolfgang would simply deny that). "Evening, students," said Wolfgang, his hands on his back as he straightened up to face the class, looking a bit straightlaced. "Due to the retirement of the former professor, I'll be teaching you from now on. My name is Wolfgang Deadman, I am an Astronomer and I graduated from Durmstrang. That said, please state your name, nickname if you have one, and a short description starting from the first row to last.

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If I recall correctly, last year you have learned about the terrestrial planets- Mercury, Venus, Earth- and our one and only moon... Tonight we will discuss one last terrestrial planet before we could eventually begin learning about the gas giants starting with Jupiter. Now... back to the main topic, please open your telescopes into full view for Mars. And your notes."

"Mars, the Red Planet, never failed to capture the imagination of both muggle and wizarding astronomers, orbiting around it every 687 days and its day was just as nearly as equal as the Earth's. This moon has two moons, Deimos and Phobos, with the latter orbiting much nearer than the former. Mars has an atmosphere, but not as thin as Earth and Venus. Though, several, including some wizarding astronomers I know of, theorized that they can be existing life on Mars due to the existence of their polar ice caps." Wolfgang looked over the class, feeling a bit curious despite his lack of facial expression. He did look, however, like he would give plus points to those who tried. "As for the planet's appearance, that's the reason Mars was named after a Roman War god who is strongly associated with the color red. And that material would be iron oxide. Now for bonus house points, what is the other name for iron oxide, the compound that gives this planet a nickname as the Red Planet?" There was a tiny smirk in Wolfgang's lips, expecting to feel amused about the answer. Because of rust. Rust is kind of red.

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"Moving on the symbolic attributes, particularly in alchemy and astrology, Mars is the ruling planet of Aries and Scorpio. Both constellations are known for being associated with brashness and assertiveness in terms of Western horoscope... as well as Rebirth and Death respectively. As a result, Mars is the symbol of life-and-death cycles: Like in warfare where there is the driving force to give life for new beginnings... by putting the end to the past ones." Given his, er, usual dislike for violence, Wolfgang's frown shows that he didn't like telling youngsters that warfare "will be the only thing to change things". He knows that they understand what he's talking about but still...

"In terms of alchemy, Mars represents physical strength, predominantly male energy, and passion-- living up to the Romans' favorite God of War. In Alchemy studies, Mars often corresponded with Iron, the fourth stage in the process of reaching spiritual gold. And of course, Iron is symbolic of hardness, force, and strength." He then fell silent as he allowed the students to take down notes. "Now, you are free to ask questions, review notes, or observe the planet in more detail. "




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𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓, 𝒐𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓
𝑰'𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆: 𝑰'𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒔
𝑰'𝒎 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅
𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈





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