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Good question actually... And one that she had to flip through her own textbook for some sort of reasonable explanation about this. "Just give me a moment..." Hadley said quietly, as she flipped quickly through her text.
"Aha! Not a silly question at all, but the reason some constellations are seen only certain times of year is due mostly because of the rotation of the Earth and its orbit around the sun. Some constellations never rise nor set, and they are called circumpolar. The rest are divided into seasonal constellations, which are the ones that will be seen only certain times of year. The constellations which can be seen all the time, versus those only seasonally, depends a lot on your location on Earth." Hadley paused, thinking about this. "For instance, during my time in South Africa, the constellations in the sky were very different from those seen in England." Hopefully that made some bit of sense?
"That makes sense, thanks professor." K-Lee said with a smile. She finally understood it. Made Astronomy actually make sense now, which was good.
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PhoenixRising Now after that lovely interruption... where was she? Right... "There's a problem however. Due to the months of not being used, the telescopes have become very dusty... And basically unfit for observing." Sniffle, sniffle. "So that is why during today's lesson, we're going to learning proper maintenance and cleaning techniques for the telescopes!" Yay!
"I'd like to start by everyone going over to the cabinet and selecting one telescope. And while you're selecting the telescope, please meet me at the back of the classroom at the large work table. You won't need your textbooks for this part of the lesson... " With that, she took her own dirty telescope and made her way back to the work table and waited for some students to join her.
Cleaning telescopes? Seriously. K-Lee sighed. She better get a telescope anyway. She selected a telescope that wasn't too dirty and went to the back of the class near the teacher, standing near the front so her shortness wouldn't affect her not seeing anything.
Well at least they don't need textbooks. That was something.