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Hey Ju · 02-03-2012, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by affy7ann

Tayla nodded as Sophie spoke. "I hope so, too..." She focused on the sky and tried her best to find the constellation. She thought of what Sophie suggested before and what she had read.

After a few minutes, she got a little more excited. "I think I've found something..." Tayla quickly looked through her telescope and back to the sky. She kept adjusting the telescope to see if she was right about what she thought she had seen. "Oh wow...oh wow, Sophie!" Tayla exclaimed happily. "Sophie...I think I've found Albireo! Wow! It's so pretty!" She stared into the telescope and then again to the sky. It was just as she had read. "It's really a double star. Blue and yellow. Come look!"

She moved a little away from her telescope as she stared back into the sky and tried connecting the stars. "And there's Deneb...the brightest star of Cygnus," she grinned, pointing upwards. "Those must be the wings, the neck, and of course the double star."

She quickly took her book from where Sophie left it, opened it to a picture of the constellation, and compared it with what she was looking at. "We've found Cygnus!"

Tayla couldn't stop smiling. She continued staring at Cygnus, imagining it to be a swan.

She was surprised when she gave a sudden yawn. "Oh, sorry!" Tayla laughed softly. With all the excitement, she didn't realize how sleepy she already was.

Sophie was scanning the sky eagerly. They would find Cygnus! They had to! Stargazing the whole night just to see one constellation? No way! She wasn't using her telescope now, as she was doing what she thought that was easier: looking for the swan using Little Dipper as a starting point.

When Tayla got more excited and started saying she thought she had found something, Sophie's eyes widened and she looked at her older friend. Oh! It seemed as the Gryffindor had indeed found the double star! "Really?? Really?? You think that's it?" Sophie jumped up and down clapping her hands together and tried to look in the direction Tayla was looking. She quickly stepped up to Tayla's telescope when the girl let her and looked through it. Her eyes grew wider and her mouth dropped open in awe. "It's SO pretty and cool!!" She had the bigest smile on her face. They had finally found it! WOOP!

"Oh! Can we see the Triangle thing too??" Now she wanted to see as many stars, constellations and whatnot as she could. Stargazing could be really fun when you knew what to look for! Sophie had never done that before and was loving it! She looked up at the sky with bare eyes and started searching for the rest of the swan constellation, now that she knew where it was. She could see the Swan's body too! "This is so awesome!" She could now spot the other two stars of the Northern Triangle. Or at least she thought they were the ones anyway.

02-03-2012, 05:03 AM	#124 (permalink)
Hey Ju Bicorn Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Octopus's Garden Posts: 16,737 Hogwarts RPG Name: Freja Hapgood-Messer Hufflepuff First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Brenna Kavanaugh Slytherin Seventh Year x8 x4	Telescope Challenge #11 (YAAAAY! \o/) Arts TRANSPONSTER! Quote: Originally Posted by affy7ann Tayla nodded as Sophie spoke. "I hope so, too..." She focused on the sky and tried her best to find the constellation. She thought of what Sophie suggested before and what she had read. After a few minutes, she got a little more excited. "I think I've found something..." Tayla quickly looked through her telescope and back to the sky. She kept adjusting the telescope to see if she was right about what she thought she had seen. "Oh wow...oh wow, Sophie!" Tayla exclaimed happily. "Sophie...I think I've found Albireo! Wow! It's so pretty!" She stared into the telescope and then again to the sky. It was just as she had read. "It's really a double star. Blue and yellow. Come look!" She moved a little away from her telescope as she stared back into the sky and tried connecting the stars. "And there's Deneb...the brightest star of Cygnus," she grinned, pointing upwards. "Those must be the wings, the neck, and of course the double star." She quickly took her book from where Sophie left it, opened it to a picture of the constellation, and compared it with what she was looking at. "We've found Cygnus!" Tayla couldn't stop smiling. She continued staring at Cygnus, imagining it to be a swan. She was surprised when she gave a sudden yawn. "Oh, sorry!" Tayla laughed softly. With all the excitement, she didn't realize how sleepy she already was. Sophie was scanning the sky eagerly. They would find Cygnus! They had to! Stargazing the whole night just to see one constellation? No way! She wasn't using her telescope now, as she was doing what she thought that was easier: looking for the swan using Little Dipper as a starting point. When Tayla got more excited and started saying she thought she had found something, Sophie's eyes widened and she looked at her older friend. Oh! It seemed as the Gryffindor had indeed found the double star! "Really?? Really?? You think that's it?" Sophie jumped up and down clapping her hands together and tried to look in the direction Tayla was looking. She quickly stepped up to Tayla's telescope when the girl let her and looked through it. Her eyes grew wider and her mouth dropped open in awe. "It's SO pretty and cool!!" She had the bigest smile on her face. They had finally found it! WOOP! "Oh! Can we see the Triangle thing too??" Now she wanted to see as many stars, constellations and whatnot as she could. Stargazing could be really fun when you knew what to look for! Sophie had never done that before and was loving it! She looked up at the sky with bare eyes and started searching for the rest of the swan constellation, now that she knew where it was. She could see the Swan's body too! "This is so awesome!" She could now spot the other two stars of the Northern Triangle. Or at least she thought they were the ones anyway.