 Stuart Craig, Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts films' production designer, dies at 83 Malfoys, Dursleys, Hogwarts students, more cast in HBO 'Harry Potter TV series Tom Felton to reprise Draco Malfoy role in NYC 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' "Harry Potter" HBO MAX TV series casts Harry, Ron, and Hermione Harry Potter HBO/MAX TV series casts Dumbledore, Snape, McGonagall, Hagrid, more 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' announces 10 cities, part of North American tour Universal Orlando launching U.S. portal tour for Epic Unvierse attraction opening PUMA to release new Harry Potter and Hogwarts-House themed sportswear this month
| |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.
To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
| | Term 14: November - February 2007 Term Fourteen: Sisters from Salem (Sept. 2060 - June 2061) | |
11-24-2006, 05:30 PM
| | |  Astronomy Lesson 1
Upon entering the room, you notice the constellations moving slowly, though considerably faster than they actually would, throughout the room. There are huge pillows on countertops, but that's where they stay unless Professor Belle tells you otherwise.
On Prof. Belle's desk is a pot of tea, still upon a small fire to keep it at a pleasant temperature through the class period, and a tray of cookies of several varieties. Sitting imperiously on Prof. Belle's desk is her cat, Cepheus.
| |
11-24-2006, 07:12 PM
|
#51 (permalink)
| | Thestral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Wall
Posts: 80,717
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Narcissa Hensley
Gryffindor Third Year
  x6  x4
| Vanessa the Snot Girl l Rachels Rule | rock,tumble,&roll ❆ adorable coffee bean
rachel took a ball and passed the box back. She stood up and started doing the task. After turning around a couple of times she tried to figure out the answer " erm while one side can see the ball one side cant?" figuring out that wasnt very good she went on to say " So when half of my face is shadowed if it represents the world they can see the moon and are in night?" she sat back down not knowing if her answer was correct
| 
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:13 PM
|
#52 (permalink)
| | Puffskein
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Great PNW!
Posts: 1,329
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Eddy Matheus Basilthorne
Fifth Year |
Kemma piped up, "The ball appears to change position in the room - what you see in the background changes and the shadows change so sometimes the ball doesn't get any light and sometimes it blocks the light." | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:13 PM
|
#53 (permalink)
| | Moke
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ohio...meh.
Posts: 8,920
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sean Davidson
Graduated |
Sean took a ball out of the box and passed the box along. He stood up and did as instructed, "Well, the earth or my head is much bigger than the moon and that the moon casts a small shadow on only one spot at a time."
__________________  | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:24 PM
|
#54 (permalink)
| | Cockatrice
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 28,938
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Professor McFarlane
Graduated | IndyEddie
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bombalurina  Neva uses the distraction of the task to slip out of the room quietly. She knew she wouldn't be any good at Astronomy for the sixth year in a row and this proved it. She thought that she would visit the astronomy tower instead and practice trying to spot the constellations. Hazelle sighed, she would have to remove 5 points from Slytherin for this. Quote:
Originally Posted by michalice that depending were the sun is depends on wether it is night or day on the earth. "Day or night is only the perspective of the people on earth and has nothing to do with the moon's phases. The sun is always up in space." Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeNa Tas raised her hand again. "Well, I think one fact is that I can't see the ball anymore when I turn around." Hazelle was struck silent....."...you're doing it wrong. Hold it in your hand and rotate it with you." Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin_girl GG took a ball and passed the box to the gril next to her. Then she followed instructions and stood up. she turned slowly. then GG realized something and her hand shot up "While I'm...well my head is the earth and I turn around, one side is faced to the ball, which is the moon and the other is to the sun...and as i turn, the moon looks differently...like half, then a quart..." Quote:
Originally Posted by obsession8888 Raising her hand, she looked at the professor. "Would it stand for the different moons like the waxing and waning moons?" She asked curiously. Serena had always loved astronomy, but she never really understood it. The only things she really understood was the horoscopes that she got daily. "Both of you have one of the points, two points for each of you. The other observation is that there is always half of the moon facing the sun, making it the only lighted patch.
"This is way we see the lunar phases, half the moon is always lightened by the sun, but which half depends on the moons position in orbit.
"Who can tell me when the New and Full moons happen?" (ooc: I am not looking for a date, I'm looking for imagery based on the activity we just did)
__________________ 
We'll always be together cuz we're both under the moon | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:26 PM
|
#55 (permalink)
|  CreepyPuffskein
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: picture of vivi is a deviantart.com pic|it says Vivi Granger
Posts: 1,371
Hogwarts RPG Name:
ViVi Granger
Second |
Quote:
Originally Posted by adorable_lil_thing Hazelle sighed, she would have to remove 5 points from Slytherin for this.
"Day or night is only the perspective of the people on earth and has nothing to do with the moon's phases. The sun is always up in space."
Hazelle was struck silent....."...you're doing it wrong. Hold it in your hand and rotate it with you."
"Both of you have one of the points, two points for each of you. The other observation is that there is always half of the moon facing the sun, making it the only lighted patch.
"This is way we see the lunar phases, half the moon is always lightened by the sun, but which half depends on the moons position in orbit.
"Who can tell me when the New and Full moons happen?" (ooc: I am not looking for a date, I'm looking for imagery based on the activity we just did)
"New moons, are when the moon doesn't show, and full moons are moons that are fully shown" she said lowering her hand.
__________________ 
Thanks to Amaris_Chaos "Ama" for siggy
Kirstie's SS sister
Sylvie's Stalker | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:27 PM
|
#56 (permalink)
| | Veela
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a fairytale
Posts: 37,061
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Jillian McGuffin
Sixth Year | Gryffindor Goddess
Quote:
Originally Posted by adorable_lil_thing "Both of you have one of the points, two points for each of you. The other observation is that there is always half of the moon facing the sun, making it the only lighted patch.
"This is way we see the lunar phases, half the moon is always lightened by the sun, but which half depends on the moons position in orbit.
"Who can tell me when the New and Full moons happen?" (ooc: I am not looking for a date, I'm looking for imagery based on the activity we just did) GG raised her hand "The new full moon will happen every twenty nine and a half days..." | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:27 PM
|
#57 (permalink)
|  SBFC's 100th MemberMackled Malaclaw
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bay Grove
Posts: 11,297
Sixth Year |
Serena smiled when she recieved the two points back for Ravenclaw. There. Now Ravenclaw hadn't lost any points but Serena was definitely going to try and earn some more, to pull her house back into the lead. Quote:
"Who can tell me when the New and Full moons happen?"
The blonde stared into her orb again. Moving her head from side to side, she tried to figure out the right way to answer this question.
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:28 PM
|
#58 (permalink)
| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: la la laaaa
Posts: 1,017
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mateya Gwendolyn Tiegs
First Year |
"Every 30 days?" Jay answered.
__________________
"I wish I could freeze in this moment. Right here. Right now.
A n d . l i v e . i n . i t . f o r e v e r ."
—Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:28 PM
|
#59 (permalink)
| Heart of a LionCedric is my homeboyTonks' Xpressions Billywig
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: WWoHP♥
Posts: 3,095
| ♥ AaronTveit ♥ GryffindorGeek ♥
Quote:
Originally Posted by adorable_lil_thing Hazelle sighed, she would have to remove 5 points from Slytherin for this.
"Day or night is only the perspective of the people on earth and has nothing to do with the moon's phases. The sun is always up in space."
Hazelle was struck silent....."...you're doing it wrong. Hold it in your hand and rotate it with you."
"Both of you have one of the points, two points for each of you. The other observation is that there is always half of the moon facing the sun, making it the only lighted patch.
"This is way we see the lunar phases, half the moon is always lightened by the sun, but which half depends on the moons position in orbit.
"Who can tell me when the New and Full moons happen?" (ooc: I am not looking for a date, I'm looking for imagery based on the activity we just did)
Amie raised her hand
"When a new moon rises you noticed that is it an orange color. Compared to a full moon. A full moon is just the orginial grayish color when it rises."
Amie hoping that is what she meant.
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:29 PM
|
#60 (permalink)
| | Moke
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ohio...meh.
Posts: 8,920
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sean Davidson
Graduated |
New moons and Full moons happen when the lunar cycle begins which is a new moon and when it is halfway through, which is the full moon." said Sean after raising his hand.
__________________ | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:30 PM
|
#61 (permalink)
|  Tom's Smile Billywig
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: We'll miss you all...
Posts: 3,584
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Anastasia Timmons
Second |
Quote:
Originally Posted by adorable_lil_thing Hazelle was struck silent....."...you're doing it wrong. Hold it in your hand and rotate it with you." Tas's hand was up in the air again. "Now I can see that the Full Moon probably appears when the moon is fully opened to the light of the Sun and we can see it, when it is reflected from the surface. And the new moon can be seen on the opposite situation."
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:30 PM
|
#62 (permalink)
| | Forest Troll
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Far... Far Away.
Posts: 27,594
| At the loony bin ❣ Ubiquitous ❣ Brain!nvader ❣ !Wake The Dead¡
Quote:
Originally Posted by adorable_lil_thing
"Who can tell me when the New and Full moons happen?" (ooc: I am not looking for a date, I'm looking for imagery based on the activity we just did)
Lua blinked at the professor, normally more lunatics cause havoc during a full moon, it was one of its signs. SHe glanced around the room then raised her hand "Moon is illuminated based on its geometric appearance of the illuminated part and its rotations. So when the moon is facing earth there is no illumination and its called new moon, then as it angularly rotates until its side is facing the sun, its the full moon".
__________________
“ Mermaids, Zombies,...Blackbeard.” | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:31 PM
|
#63 (permalink)
| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: la la laaaa
Posts: 1,017
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mateya Gwendolyn Tiegs
First Year |
Jay wasn't getting this at all. I guess Astronomy just wasn't her thing. So she sat back and wrote down everything not raising her hand again.
__________________
"I wish I could freeze in this moment. Right here. Right now.
A n d . l i v e . i n . i t . f o r e v e r ."
—Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:31 PM
|
#64 (permalink)
| | Puffskein
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Great PNW!
Posts: 1,329
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Eddy Matheus Basilthorne
Fifth Year |
"The full moon occurs halfway through the moon's cycle and the new moon at its end, according to our book. The waxing crescent is the beginning of the new cycle." Kemma piped up again from the back of the room. | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:32 PM
|
#65 (permalink)
| | Manticore
Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Stalkers United Club
Posts: 43,121
Diagon Alley Proprietor:
Brett Carlen
Flourish and Blotts Shopkeeper | Potter Nurse || Hockey obsession <3 | Go Wings! || Geaux Tigers!
Serena raised her hand. "The New Moon is when the illuminated half of the Moon faces directly toward the Sun, and the dark or unilluminated portion of the Moon faces directly toward Earth, so that the Moon is invisible as seen from Earth. Some also say that the New Moon may occur when the first visible crescent of the moon can be seen. In the Full Moon, the moon, as seen from the surface of Earth, is fully illuminated by the Sun at this time, presenting a "full" round disk to viewers on Earth."
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:37 PM
|
#66 (permalink)
| | Cockatrice
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts: 28,938
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Professor McFarlane
Graduated | IndyEddie
Quote:
Originally Posted by TeeNa Tas's hand was up in the air again. "Now I can see that the Full Moon probably appears when the moon is fully opened to the light of the Sun and we can see it, when it is reflected from the surface. And the new moon can be seen on the opposite situation." "Exactly right! 3 points" Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad-Eye04 Lua blinked at the professor, normally more lunatics cause havoc during a full moon, it was one of its signs. SHe glanced around the room then raised her hand "Moon is illuminated based on its geometric appearance of the illuminated part and its rotations. So when the moon is facing earth there is no illumination and its called new moon, then as it angularly rotates until its side is facing the sun, its the full moon".
Quote:
Originally Posted by Granger1814 Serena raised her hand. "The New Moon is when the illuminated half of the Moon faces directly toward the Sun, and the dark or unilluminated portion of the Moon faces directly toward Earth, so that the Moon is invisible as seen from Earth. Some also say that the New Moon may occur when the first visible crescent of the moon can be seen. In the Full Moon, the moon, as seen from the surface of Earth, is fully illuminated by the Sun at this time, presenting a "full" round disk to viewers on Earth." "Technically, the moon is always facing the earth, but I'll give you both 2 points (each) for that.
"Now, we see the many phases of the moon, but really only one face. Who can tell me what this means?"
__________________
We'll always be together cuz we're both under the moon | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:39 PM
|
#67 (permalink)
| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: la la laaaa
Posts: 1,017
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Mateya Gwendolyn Tiegs
First Year |
Jay thought she actually knew this one "Well we can only see one side of the moon." she answered.
__________________
"I wish I could freeze in this moment. Right here. Right now.
A n d . l i v e . i n . i t . f o r e v e r ."
—Suzanne Collins, Catching Fire
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:40 PM
|
#68 (permalink)
| | Billywig
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 3,954
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Gabriel Walker
First Year | northwest, dirty dishes ☃ purrfectly 'Puff | Geronimo! ☃ from indecision to indecision
Becky raised her hand again "umm i think that means that we only see one side of the moon but it looks like different faces because of the shadow that is covering it"
__________________ I <3 Darren Criss | Gabrianna = cutest couple ever!
Alice in Wonderland is my life | Huffie and proud | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:41 PM
|
#69 (permalink)
| | Puffskein
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Great PNW!
Posts: 1,329
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Eddy Matheus Basilthorne
Fifth Year |
Quote:
Originally Posted by adorable_lil_thing "Now, we see the many phases of the moon, but really only one face. Who can tell me what this means?" Kemma raised her hand, "We only see one half of the moon - that's its face - but because of the shadows we see different amounts of the face as the moon moves around the earth." | |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:41 PM
|
#70 (permalink)
| | Firecrab
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 797
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Peyton
Second Year |
Megan raises her hand and says "Professor, the moon has a dark side because we can only see one side at a time due to the position of it and us". She thought to herself, 'boy I hope I'm close'.
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:41 PM
|
#71 (permalink)
| | Fire Slug
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: InMyBed =)
Posts: 145
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Kalaria Hirst
Sixth |
Kalaria scribbled the teachers questions and her fellow students answers on a piece of parchment, leaning on a pile of her books.
__________________
♥ Lolin' oot ma nut 
Last edited by x*[.BooM.]*x; 11-24-2006 at 07:47 PM.
Reason: im silly :]
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:42 PM
|
#72 (permalink)
| | Thestral
Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: The Wall
Posts: 80,717
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Narcissa Hensley
Gryffindor Third Year
x6 x4
| Vanessa the Snot Girl l Rachels Rule | rock,tumble,&roll ❆ adorable coffee bean
" we can only see one side of the moon as the sun is only reflecting light onto one face which means we see one part at the time eg when we see a fullmoon and halfmoon." Rachel said.
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:42 PM
|
#73 (permalink)
| SBFC's 100th Member Mackled Malaclaw
Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bay Grove
Posts: 11,297
Sixth Year |
Quote:
"Now, we see the many phases of the moon, but really only one face. Who can tell me what this means?"
Serena nodded as the professor answered the question before. Processing the new information, she listened to the next question. Raising her hand, she spoke outloud yet again. "The Moon appears us that it doesn't rotate while we view it in the reference frame of the Earth-Moon line, but it does in fact rotate if we were seeing it in outer space and not on the earth or the moon."
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:43 PM
|
#74 (permalink)
| SoTS Royalty
Norwegian Ridgeback
Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: ♥ TP ♥
Posts: 45,053
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Klaudette Genevra Oddkoule
Sixth Year | Rupert = *swoon* "You know I'm right..."
Pauline sat there taking notes waiting for the next question to be asked, hoping she would get to answer it.
__________________ Against the grain should be a way of life
;Klaudette Genevra Oddkoule: Slytherin's oddball is back;
RGFC;Tigger lovers her Pickles;PICKLEPIE <33 THE WAL'R'US;TFFC
♥ Siggy by the totally SPANKERS Lissy! ♥
| |
| | |
11-24-2006, 07:43 PM
|
#75 (permalink)
| | Veela
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In a fairytale
Posts: 37,061
Hogwarts RPG Name:
Jillian McGuffin
Sixth Year | Gryffindor Goddess
Quote: "Now, we see the many phases of the moon, but really only one face. Who can tell me what this means?"
GG raised her hand. "It means, we see the same side of the moon, just different parts of it as the earth revolves 'round the sun and the moon revolves 'round us..."she explained. "And the sun reflects its light on the moon that's why we see different parts of the same side" | |
| | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | | All times are GMT. The time now is 07:49 AM. |
x
x
x
![x*[.BooM.]*x's Avatar](https://www.snitchseeker.com/avatars/x%2A%5B.boom.%5D%2Ax-75192.gif?dateline=1158005820)
