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DanialRadFAN01 
They really should be documenting this. It might be one of those comets that only comes around like ever 350 years.
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They were so lucky to see it tonight. Augst quickly wrote the date and time on his parchment and made a rough line of travel across his sky map he had sketched earlier. Another jam of the eye into the telescope and he knew he was going to have bruising later. But it was worth it!
"Ummm...I don't know." That reminded him, he had to go submit a name for Nimma's baby House Elf too. That thing was so cute. Oh, yeah back to comet. "Umm how about something to do with Gryffindor? Or our last names--The Goldstein-Hollingberry Comet?" Oooh that sounded official.
He watched as the comet moved through the different constellations. He wondered how many other people across the world were seeing this.
Kurumi returned to the parchment to jot down a few more notes, including noticing Pluto in the sky. Even if the planet wasn't considered a planet now, being kicked out of the club because of its erratic orbit, Kurumi still felt that it deserved a nod.
Looking out now, the comet was framed by the window enough that they really didn't need to use the telescopes, although it certainly appeared much smaller now. She checked on the picture she had just taken. Oh, that had worked much better than she expected it to. She should probably invest in something that had a better zoom though. Using a telescope was a little impractical. After attaching it to the parchment, Kurumi looked over at August and tried not to laugh too much.
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That seems like such a long name for a comet," she laughed. It did make her wonder if they had actually discovered a new one, or if this was one that was making its appearance in their solar system again after having been gone for so many years. "
We could always combine our last names... the Goldberry Comet," she suggested.
After adding a title and their names to the
parchment, Kurumi held it out for August to look at.
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You think we should go and get Professor Roslund? You know, to ask about the comment." He would probably know if it was a new discovery or not, right? Kurumi was no expert on charting stars, so the fact that she hadn't found it on her map didn't mean that it hadn't be scheduled to be in the night sky.