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"The dimly lit corridor was full of dust; half the ceiling seemed to have fallen in; and a battle was raging before him, but even as he attempted to make out who was fighting whom, he heard the hated voice shout, "It's over, time to go!" and saw Snape disappearing around the corner at the far end of the corridor; he and Malfoy seemed to have forced their way through the fight unscathed."
— The Battle of the Astronomy Tower[src]

The Astronomy Corridor[2] was a passage beneath the Astronomy Tower, allowing access to a reading room[2] and a spiral staircase leading to the top of the tower.[3] It contained access to Satyavati Shah's bedroom.[1]

History[]

In the 1890–1891 school year, the corridor was often filled with students and cats. Arthur Plummly would often loiter around this section of the castle.[1]

Astronomy Corridor HBP

Harry Potter outside the Astronomy Corridor at night

Minerva McGonagall found Draco Malfoy in the corridor waiting for Harry Potter and Hermione Granger to pass with Norbert. Argus Filch later caught the two Gryffindors in the corridor after descending the stairs without the Cloak of Invisibility.[3]

In 1996, the fifth years discussed in the corridor the attack on McGonagall and Rubeus Hagrid that they had witnessed during their Astronomy examination.[4]

In 1997, half of the corridor's ceiling seemed to have fell in as a result of the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, covering the passage in dust. Harry chased Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy along the corridor.[5]

Behind the scenes[]

  • In the Game Boy Color adaptations of the Harry Potter games, the corridor that gives access to the Astronomy Tower is a very curvy passage, with sketches of constellations on the walls.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

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
Fifth-floor of Hogwarts Castle
Bathrooms
Boys' restroom · Prefects' Bathroom
Classrooms
Abandoned classroom · Art Classroom · Classroom 5B · Music Classroom
Corridors
Astronomy Corridor · Cursed Corridor · Fifth-floor corridor · Hospital tower corridor · Icy Corridor
Halls and rooms
Astronomy reading room · Fifth-floor hall · Floor 5 Bonus · Locked Room · Muggle Studies showroom · Satyavati Shah's bedroom · Secret Muggle Room · Upper Hall
Other locations
Vault of Ice · Weasley Candy Emporium · Weasley Supplies Bargain Basement
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Boris the Bewildered · Norvel Twonk · Timothy the Timid
Staircases
Clock Tower staircase · Grand Staircase · Ravenclaw Tower staircase · Staircase to the fourth-floor landing · Turris Magnus staircase · Vanished Stairs
Storerooms
Storeroom
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