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|name = Astronomy
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|image = Astronomy Pottermore.png
|image=[[File:Astronomy Tower top.jpg|250px]]
 
|professor=*[[Aurora Sinistra]]
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|professor = *[[Satyavati Shah]]<ref name="HL">{{HL|Astronomy Class}}</ref>
 
*[[Aurora Sinistra]]<ref name="COS11"/>
*[[Astronomy department|Unidentified professors]]
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*[[Astronomy department|Unidentified professors]]<ref name="COS11"/>
|classroom=[[Astronomy classroom|Top-most level]] of the [[Astronomy Tower]]
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|classroom = [[Astronomy classroom|Highest level]] of the [[Astronomy Tower]]<ref name="PS8"/>
|required textbooks=
 
|required equipment=[[Telescope]]
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|required textbooks =
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|required equipment = *[[Telescope]]<ref name="PS8"/>
|first=''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{mention}}
 
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*[[Star chart]]<ref name="PS8"/>
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*[[Book]]s
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*[[Parchment]]
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*[[Quill]]
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*[[Wand]]<ref name="HM625a"/>
 
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{{Quote|Harry, yours is okay except for this bit at the end, I think you must have misheard Professor Sinistra. Europa's covered in ''ice'', not mice.|[[Hermione Granger]] to [[Harry Potter]] in [[1995]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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{{Quote|They had to study the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the names of difficult stars and the movement of planets. |[[Harry Potter]]'s summary of the subject|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
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'''Astronomy''' was a [[Hogwarts subjects|subject]] and core class and taught at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and [[Uagadou]]. Astronomy was the branch of [[magic]] and [[science]] that studied stars and the movement of planets.<ref name="PS8"/> Students would also use their [[wand]]s with an [[Orrery]] to predict the next eclipse,<ref name="HM625a"/> the only known practical form of magic used in the class.
   
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[[Uagadou]] students were known to be skilled in Astronomy,<ref name="Uagadou">{{WW|uagadou}}</ref> implying the teaching that was provided at Uagadou was excellent.
'''Astronomy''' is a subject taught at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. It is a required subject for [[First year|first]] to [[fifth year]]s, but can be dropped in the [[sixth year]]. [[Aurora Sinistra]] was the Astronomy teacher at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].
 
   
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==Class information==
Astronomy classes take place in the [[Astronomy classroom|top-most level]] of the [[Astronomy Tower]], the tallest tower in [[Hogwarts Castle]], and include sky observation sessions with telescopes (each student has to buy one of his/her own).
 
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[[File:Starry enchanted ceiling.gif|thumb|left|250px|The study of the stars]]
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Astronomy lessons were spent learning the names of stars and the movements of planets.<ref name="PS8"/> It was a required class from year one until year five,<ref name="PS8"/> and became an optional subject for the final two years.
   
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In the [[fifth year]], the [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]] examinations were taken. During the exam, students had to fill in a blank star chart.<ref name="OOTP31"/> If a student achieved a passing O.W.L. score, they were allowed to advance to [[Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test|N.E.W.T.]] level.
Astronomy is one of the only fields of study at Hogwarts which has a direct equivalent in the [[Muggle]] world. Known student activities include learning the names of stars, constellations and planets, as well as their location and movements, and describing the environments of planets and moons.
 
   
 
Astronomy was one of the only fields of study at Hogwarts which had a direct equivalent in the [[Non-magic world|Muggle world]]. Known student activities included learning the names of stars, constellations, and planets, as well as their location and movements, and describing the environments of planets and moons.<ref name="PS8">{{PS|B|8}}</ref>
[[Wisearcre's Wizarding Equipment]] in [[Diagon Alley]] sells telescopes and other equipment needed for Astronomy.
 
   
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[[Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment]] in [[Diagon Alley]] sold telescopes and other equipment needed for Astronomy.<ref name="WWHP">{{WWHP}}</ref> [[Aurora Sinistra]] was the Astronomy professor at Hogwarts during [[Harry Potter]]'s time as a student.<ref name="COS11"/> She was also teaching during [[Jacob's sibling]]'s time at Hogwarts.<ref name="HM625a"/>
==Lesson times==
 
*[[First year]]
 
**Wednesday (12:00 am)
 
*[[Fifth year]]
 
**Wednesday (evening)
 
   
==Course work==
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==Location and time==
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===Classrooms===
[[File:Astronomy Tower.jpg|thumb|right|175px|The Hogwarts Castle Astronomy Tower]]
 
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[[File:B1C14M3 Astronomy Tower farewell Norbert.jpg|250px|thumb|The Astronomy Tower, where this class was held]]
 
Astronomy classes took place in the [[Astronomy classroom|highest level]] of the [[Astronomy Tower]], the tallest tower in [[Hogwarts Castle]] and included sky observation sessions with telescopes<ref name="PS8"/> (each student had to buy one of their own).<ref name="PS5">{{PS|B|5}}</ref>
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===Lesson times===
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
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! align="center" width="50%" |Year
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! align="center" width="50%" |Day
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! align="center" width="50%" |Period
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|-
 
|[[First year|First]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |Wednesday<ref name="PS8"/>
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|midnight<ref name="PS8"/>
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|-
 
|[[Fifth year|Fifth]]
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|evening
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|}
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==Curriculum==
 
===First year===
 
===First year===
During the [[first year]] of studies at Hogwarts, students must study the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the different names of the stars and the movements of the planets. Towards the end of the year, Hermione was quizzing Ron on Astronomy. Their studying included using a map of Jupiter. It was noted that Harry tried to learn the names of Jupiters Moons like his fifth year of study at Hogwarts.
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During the [[first year]] of studies at Hogwarts, students studied the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the different names of the stars and the movements of the planets.<ref name="PS8">{{PS|B|8}}</ref> Towards the end of the [[1991–1992 school year]], [[Hermione Granger]] was quizzing Ron on Astronomy for preparation for their [[first year exams]]. Their studying included using a map of [[Jupiter]].<ref name="PS15">{{PS|B|15}}</ref> It was noted that the studies on Jupiter continued into later years, when Harry tried to learn the names of Jupiter's moons in [[1995–1996 school year|his fifth year]] of study at Hogwarts.<ref name="OOTP31"/>
   
===Third Year===
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===Third year===
Although Astronomy lessons were not shown during his third year, one of the homework assignments included drawing a star chart which probably means they studied stars that year.
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In the [[1993–1994 school year]], one of the [[homework]] assignments included drawing a star chart which probably meant they studied stars that year,<ref name="POA8">{{POA|B|8}}</ref> and they took a midnight exam at the end of the year.<ref name="POA16">{{POA|B|16}}</ref>
   
===Fifth Year===
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===Fifth year===
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{{Quote|Harry, yours is okay except for this bit at the end, I think you must have misheard Professor Sinistra. Europa's covered in ''ice'', not [[Mouse|mice]].|Hermione Granger during the [[1995–1996 school year]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
During the [[fifth year]] of studies at Hogwarts, students must study Jupiter's moons, and write an essay containing facts such as [[Europa]] being covered by ice and [[Io]] having many volcanoes. For the Astronomy [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] exam in their fifth year, each student has to "fill in a blank star chart" based on a few hours of observing the night sky. Coursework during this year was intensive enough that some students had to organize a [[Astronomy Homework Meeting|meeting]] to help each other get through it.
 
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====1890–1891 school year====
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*Constellations<ref name="HL"/>
   
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====1995–1996 school year====
[[Harry Potter]] was taking his Astronomy O.W.L. in [[1996]] when [[Rubeus Hagrid]] was confronted by [[Dolores Umbridge|Professor Umbridge]] and a team of [[Auror]]s in what was an attempted sacking, which was also the night that Minerva McGonagall took "no less than four Stunners to the chest".
 
 
Hogwarts students studied Jupiter's moons and wrote an essay for their homework containing facts such as [[Europa]] being covered by [[Water|ice]] and [[Io]] having many volcanoes.<ref name="OOTP14">{{OOTP|B|14}}</ref> They filled in blank star charts<ref name="OOTP26">{{OOTP|B|26}}</ref> and the homework during this year became intensive enough that some students had to organise a [[Astronomy homework meeting|meeting]] to help each other get through it.<ref name="OOTPG">{{OOTP|G}} - GBA version</ref>
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For the Astronomy [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] exam in their fifth year, the written exam contained a section on Jupiter. In [[1996]], it was held on Wednesday morning. The practical exam took place in the evening at eleven o'clock, and each student had to "''fill in a blank star chart''" based on a few hours of observing the night sky.<ref name="OOTP31">{{OOTP|B|31}}</ref>
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When [[Harry Potter]] was taking the Astronomy O.W.L. in 1996, [[Rubeus Hagrid]] was confronted by [[Dolores Umbridge]] and a team of [[Three Aurors who tried to arrest Rubeus Hagrid|corrupt Aurors]] in what was an attempted sacking, which was also the night that Minerva McGonagall took "''no less than four [[Stunning Spell|Stunners]] to the chest.''"<ref name="OOTP31" />
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===Sixth year===
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[[Sixth year|Sixth-year]] students studied multiple topics, including:
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*Constellations, including [[Cetus]]<ref name="HM625">{{HM|6|25}}</ref>
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*[[Lunar phases]]<ref name="HM625a">{{HM|6|25|a}}</ref>
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*[[Star chart]]s<ref name="HM629a">{{HM|6|29|a}}</ref>
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*[[Cosmic ages]]<ref name="HM633a">{{HM|6|33|a}}</ref>
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*[[Space weather]]<ref name="HM638a">{{HM|6|38|a}}</ref>
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*[[Meteor shower]]s<ref name="HM642">{{HM|6|42|a}}</ref>
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===Seventh year===
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[[Seventh year|Seventh-year]] students studied multiple topics, including:
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*[[Dark cloud constellation]]s<ref name="HM71a">{{HM|7|1|a}}</ref>
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*[[Rogue planet]]s<ref name="HM716a">{{HM|7|16|a}}</ref>
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*[[Dark energy]] and [[dark matter]]<ref name="HM728a">{{HM|7|28|a}}</ref>
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*[[Black hole]]s and [[wormhole]]s<ref name="HM738a">{{HM|7|38|a}}</ref>
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*[[Jupiter]]'s moons<ref name="HM746a">{{HM|7|46|a}}</ref>
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==Known professors==
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<gallery>
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Satyavati Shah HL.png|[[Satyavati Shah]] (late [[1800s]])<ref name="HL"/>
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Professor Aurora Sinistra.jpg|[[Aurora Sinistra]] (pre. [[1985]]-?)<ref name="COS11">{{COS|B|11}}</ref><ref name="HM625a" />
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</gallery>
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==Grades==
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{| width="100%"
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| valign="top" width="23%" |
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===Passing grades===
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*[[Outstanding]] [O]
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*[[Exceeds Expectations]] [E]
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*[[Acceptable]] [A]
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| valign="top" width="23%" |
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===Fail grades===
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*[[Poor]] [P]
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*[[Dreadful]] [D]
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*[[Troll (grade)|Troll]] [T]
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|}
   
 
==Known O.W.L.s==
 
==Known O.W.L.s==
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<gallery widths="105" position="center" spacing="small" orientation="portrait">
*[[Aurora Sinistra]]
 
 
Professorsinistra.jpg|[[Aurora Sinistra]]
*[[Bartemius Crouch Jr.|Barty Crouch Jr]]
 
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BillWeasleyDH2.png|[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]<ref name="Weasley">{{COS|B|4}} - It is said that both [[Percy Weasley|Percy]] and [[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]] earned twelve [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]]s, meaning they must have earned an O.W.L. in this subject.</ref>
*[[William Weasley|Bill Weasley]]
 
*[[Percy Weasley]]
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Percy.jpg|[[Percy Weasley]]<ref name="Weasley"/>
*[[Hermione Granger]]
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Hermione Granger Half Blood Prince.jpg|[[Hermione Granger]]<ref name="HBP5"/>
*[[Harry Potter]] {{comment|he may not have qualified for N.E.W.T. level courses}}
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HBP promo side Harry cropped.jpg|[[Harry Potter]] {{C|May not have qualified for N.E.W.T.}}<ref name="HBP5">{{HBP|B|5}}</ref>
*[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] {{comment|he may not have qualified for N.E.W.T. level courses}}
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Ron Weasley Half Blood Prince.jpg|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] {{C|May not have qualified for N.E.W.T.}}<ref name="HBP5"/>
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Jacob's sibling generic.png|[[Jacob's sibling]]<ref name="HM625a"/>
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Penny Haywood HM8.png|[[Penny Haywood]]<ref name="HM625a"/>
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</gallery>
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
*During the O.W.L. exam, Harry focuses his telescope upon [[Venus]] at midnight.<ref name="OOTP31" /> However, Venus's orbit is closer to the sun, and when it is midnight at a location, that part of the Earth is approximately facing completely away from the sun. Given these two facts, it is highly unlikely that Harry would have been able to see Venus regardless of Britain's high latitude and the proximity to the summer solstice due to line of sight issues, but the telescope may have been magical.
[[File:Professorsinistra.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Professor [[Aurora Sinistra|Sinistra]].]]
 
 
*In the [[Harry Potter (film series)|films]], the Astronomy class is never seen or directly mentioned, and Professor Sinistra only appears as an unidentified background extra. However, the [[Astronomy Tower]] was shown.
*During the O.W.L. exam, Harry focuses his telescope upon [[Venus]] at midnight. However, Venus' orbit is closer to the Sun and when it is midnight at a location, that part of the Earth is approximately facing completely away from the Sun. Given these two facts, it is highly unlikely that Harry would have been able to see Venus regardless of Britain's high latitude and the proximity to the Summer Solstice due to line of sight issues, but the telescope may have been magical.
 
 
*From the fact that it is common knowledge among wizards that [[Europa]] is icy and [[Io]] has volcanoes, it seems that, despite the separation of wizarding and Muggle cultures (and the wizarding ignorance of other scientific concepts such as electricity), Muggle science is well-known to wizard astronomers. Just how far wizarding knowledge of modern astronomy goes, though, is unknown. However, it is quite possible that the wizarding world has other means of conducting these studies without the use of Muggle technology since Professor Trelawney possessed [[Orrery|a globe of the solar system that accurately depicts all the planets (including Pluto) and their moons]]. Furthermore, Harry Potter found a moving globe of the [[galaxy]] in Diagon Alley when he was staying at the Leaky Cauldron during the summer before his third year. This far surpasses the current state of Muggle knowledge, let alone what it was in the early 1990s.
*In the [[Harry Potter films|films]], the Astronomy class is never seen or directly mentioned, and Professor Sinistra only appears as an unidentified background extra.
 
*From the fact that it's common knowledge among Wizards that [[Europa]] is icy and [[Io]] has volcanoes, it seems that, despite the separation of Wizarding and Muggle cultures (and the Wizarding ignorance of other scientific concepts such as electricity), Muggle science is well-known to Wizard astronomers. Just how far Wizarding knowledge of modern astronomy goes, though, is unknown. However, it is quite possible that the wizarding world has other means of conducting these studies without the use of muggle technology, as Professor Trelawney possessed [[Orrery|a globe of the solar system that accurately depicts all the planets (including Pluto) and their moons]]. Furthermore, Harry Potter found a moving globe of the galaxy in Diagon Alley when he was staying at the Leaky Cauldron during the summer before his third year. This far surpasses the current state of muggle knowledge, let alone what it was in the early 1990s.
 
 
==See also==
 
*[[Hogwarts subjects]]
 
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{PS}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st mention}}
 
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*{{COS}} {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{mention}}
 
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*{{POA}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
 
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*{{POA|F}} {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{mention}}
 
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*{{GOF}} {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
 
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*{{OOTP}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]'' {{Mention}}
 
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*{{OOTP|G}} {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{mention}}
 
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*{{HBP}} {{Mention}}
 
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*{{HBP|F}} {{Mention}}
{{Education}}
 
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*{{FB|R}} {{Mention}}
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*{{PM}} {{Mention}}
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*{{WW}} {{Mention}}
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*{{LEGO|B}} {{Mention}}
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*{{LEGO|C}} {{Mention}}
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*{{LEGO}} {{Mention}}
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*{{HPV|CR}} {{Mention}}
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*{{HM}}
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*{{HL}}
   
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==Notes and references==
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"They had to study the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the names of difficult stars and the movement of planets. "
Harry Potter's summary of the subject[src]

Astronomy was a subject and core class and taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Uagadou. Astronomy was the branch of magic and science that studied stars and the movement of planets.[3] Students would also use their wands with an Orrery to predict the next eclipse,[4] the only known practical form of magic used in the class.

Uagadou students were known to be skilled in Astronomy,[5] implying the teaching that was provided at Uagadou was excellent.

Class information

Starry enchanted ceiling

The study of the stars

Astronomy lessons were spent learning the names of stars and the movements of planets.[3] It was a required class from year one until year five,[3] and became an optional subject for the final two years.

In the fifth year, the Ordinary Wizarding Level examinations were taken. During the exam, students had to fill in a blank star chart.[6] If a student achieved a passing O.W.L. score, they were allowed to advance to N.E.W.T. level.

Astronomy was one of the only fields of study at Hogwarts which had a direct equivalent in the Muggle world. Known student activities included learning the names of stars, constellations, and planets, as well as their location and movements, and describing the environments of planets and moons.[3]

Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment in Diagon Alley sold telescopes and other equipment needed for Astronomy.[7] Aurora Sinistra was the Astronomy professor at Hogwarts during Harry Potter's time as a student.[2] She was also teaching during Jacob's sibling's time at Hogwarts.[4]

Location and time

Classrooms

B1C14M3 Astronomy Tower farewell Norbert

The Astronomy Tower, where this class was held

Astronomy classes took place in the highest level of the Astronomy Tower, the tallest tower in Hogwarts Castle and included sky observation sessions with telescopes[3] (each student had to buy one of their own).[8]

Lesson times

Year Day Period
First Wednesday[3] midnight[3]
Fifth evening

Curriculum

First year

During the first year of studies at Hogwarts, students studied the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the different names of the stars and the movements of the planets.[3] Towards the end of the 1991–1992 school year, Hermione Granger was quizzing Ron on Astronomy for preparation for their first year exams. Their studying included using a map of Jupiter.[9] It was noted that the studies on Jupiter continued into later years, when Harry tried to learn the names of Jupiter's moons in his fifth year of study at Hogwarts.[6]

Third year

In the 1993–1994 school year, one of the homework assignments included drawing a star chart which probably meant they studied stars that year,[10] and they took a midnight exam at the end of the year.[11]

Fifth year

"Harry, yours is okay except for this bit at the end, I think you must have misheard Professor Sinistra. Europa's covered in ice, not mice."
— Hermione Granger during the 1995–1996 school year[src]

1890–1891 school year

  • Constellations[1]

1995–1996 school year

Hogwarts students studied Jupiter's moons and wrote an essay for their homework containing facts such as Europa being covered by ice and Io having many volcanoes.[12] They filled in blank star charts[13] and the homework during this year became intensive enough that some students had to organise a meeting to help each other get through it.[14]

For the Astronomy O.W.L. exam in their fifth year, the written exam contained a section on Jupiter. In 1996, it was held on Wednesday morning. The practical exam took place in the evening at eleven o'clock, and each student had to "fill in a blank star chart" based on a few hours of observing the night sky.[6]

When Harry Potter was taking the Astronomy O.W.L. in 1996, Rubeus Hagrid was confronted by Dolores Umbridge and a team of corrupt Aurors in what was an attempted sacking, which was also the night that Minerva McGonagall took "no less than four Stunners to the chest."[6]

Sixth year

Sixth-year students studied multiple topics, including:

Seventh year

Seventh-year students studied multiple topics, including:

Known professors

Grades

Passing grades

Fail grades

Known O.W.L.s

Behind the scenes

  • During the O.W.L. exam, Harry focuses his telescope upon Venus at midnight.[6] However, Venus's orbit is closer to the sun, and when it is midnight at a location, that part of the Earth is approximately facing completely away from the sun. Given these two facts, it is highly unlikely that Harry would have been able to see Venus regardless of Britain's high latitude and the proximity to the summer solstice due to line of sight issues, but the telescope may have been magical.
  • In the films, the Astronomy class is never seen or directly mentioned, and Professor Sinistra only appears as an unidentified background extra. However, the Astronomy Tower was shown.
  • From the fact that it is common knowledge among wizards that Europa is icy and Io has volcanoes, it seems that, despite the separation of wizarding and Muggle cultures (and the wizarding ignorance of other scientific concepts such as electricity), Muggle science is well-known to wizard astronomers. Just how far wizarding knowledge of modern astronomy goes, though, is unknown. However, it is quite possible that the wizarding world has other means of conducting these studies without the use of Muggle technology since Professor Trelawney possessed a globe of the solar system that accurately depicts all the planets (including Pluto) and their moons. Furthermore, Harry Potter found a moving globe of the galaxy in Diagon Alley when he was staying at the Leaky Cauldron during the summer before his third year. This far surpasses the current state of Muggle knowledge, let alone what it was in the early 1990s.

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "Astronomy Class"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 25 (Written in the Stars) - Astronomy Lesson "Lunar Phases"
  5. Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Uagadou" at Wizarding World
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
  7. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
  8. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
  9. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 15 (The Forbidden Forest)
  10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 8 (Flight of the Fat Lady)
  11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 16 (Professor Trelawney's Prediction)
  12. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 14 (Percy and Padfoot)
  13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
  14. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) - GBA version
  15. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 25 (Written in the Stars)
  16. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 29 (The Whomping Willow Awaits) - Astronomy Lesson "Making Star Charts"
  17. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 33 (Imitation Game) - Astronomy Lesson "Cosmic Ages"
  18. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 38 (Meeting the Merqueen) - Astronomy Lesson "Space Weather"
  19. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 42 (The Final Vault) - Astronomy Lesson (Meteor Showers)
  20. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 1 (Year Seven Begins) - Astronomy Lesson "Dark Cloud Constellations"
  21. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 16 (Trials and Tribulations) - Astronomy Lesson "Rogue Planets"
  22. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 28 (The Last Laugh) - Astronomy Lesson "Dark Matter and Dark Energy"
  23. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 38 (Tensions Rise) - Astronomy Lesson "Black Holes and Wormholes"
  24. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 46 (Total Recall) - Astronomy Lesson "Jupiter's Moons"
  25. 25.0 25.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4 (At Flourish and Blotts) - It is said that both Percy and Bill Weasley earned twelve Ordinary Wizarding Levels, meaning they must have earned an O.W.L. in this subject.
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 5 (An Excess of Phlegm)
Astronomy
Astronomy Pottermore
Professors: Satyavati Shah · Aurora Sinistra
Astronomy at Hogwarts: Astronomy classroom · Astronomy Corridor · Astronomy Club · Astronomy department · Astronomy homework meeting · Astronomy reading room · Astronomy Room · Astronomy Stairs · Astronomy Tower
Astronomers: Aurora Sinistra · Copernicus · George von Rheticus · Perpetua Fancourt · Hesper Starkey
Objects: Astrolabe · Globe of the Moon · Lunascope · Moon chart · Orrery · Sextant · Star chart · Telescope
Planets: Jupiter · Mars · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto · Rogue planets · Saturn · Uranus · Venus
Satellites: Callisto · Europa · Ganymede · Io · Moon
Constellations: Aquila · Bartholomeus · Cetus · Crater · Dark cloud constellations · Orion · Ursa Major
Other topics: Black holes · Cosmic ages · Dark energy · Dark matter · Eclipse · Lunar phases · Meteor showers · Space weather · Wormholes
Hogwarts subjects
Core classes Astronomy · Charms · Defence Against the Dark Arts · Herbology · History of Magic · Potions · Transfiguration
Hogwartscrest
Elective classes Alchemy · Arithmancy · Care of Magical Creatures · Divination · Muggle Studies · Study of Ancient Runes
Extracurricular classes Apparition · Advanced Arithmancy Studies · Ancient Studies · Art · Flying · Ghoul Studies · Magical Theory · Muggle Art · Muggle Music · Music · Xylomancy · Field Studies
Former classes Beasts · Dark Arts
Examinations
First year exams · Second year exams · Third year exams · Fourth year exams ·
Ordinary Wizarding Level · Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Test