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jujune29th
As soon as Sophie got the owl from Tayla, she went up to the observatory, with her permission slip in her pocket, just in case. She was really excited to start stargazing, but wasn't sure about what to do. She had stargazed before back home, but she didn't have to do anything with it afterwards. Actually, Sophie didn't even know if they were supposed to take notes about it or anything. Maybe Tayla knew whether they had to or not...
Sophie found her new Gryffindor friend already using the telescope. "Hey, Tayla! How are you?" she said smiling and waving as she approached. "It's a good night to stargaze, isn't it??" she said looking up at the sky. It wasn't hard to spot many, many stars without the help of the telescope. "Do you know what we have to look for?" she asked, still looking up. "Oh, look! That brighter star right there!" she pointed. "Do you know which one it is??" Sophie didn't know any constellation's name. The only real thing she knew about stars was that they were shiny and really pretty. Oh well, that was enough to make her like them!
Sophie stepped closer to the telescope and tried looking through it. Her eyes twinkled as the stars looked bigger and brighter. "Wow, this is so pretty!!" she said glancing at Tayla.
Tayla looked up from the telescope when she heard a familiar voice.
"Hi Sophie!" she greeted the Hufflepuff.
"It's definitely a good night. I don't think Professor Roslund mentioned anything specific, but I'm trying to find the North Star. Polaris." "It isn't particularly bright, but I remember reading it's the brightest star of the Little Dipper..." Tayla continued, half to herself and half to Sophie.
Tayla looked towards the direction Sophie was pointing.
"Hmmm..."
Tayla smiled as she recognized the star her friend was referring to.
"Hey, I think that's Polaris! It's at the tip of the Little Dipper. And it is brighter than the other stars in the constellation."
Tayla nodded at Sophie's cheerful comment.
"Yes, very pretty! Do you know how to spot constellations, Sophie?"