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"Professor Sinistra of the Astronomy department..."
— The only known member of the Astronomy department during the 1990s[src]

The Astronomy department was a group of professors who taught Astronomy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The number of staff in the department was unknown, although Professor Aurora Sinistra was a known member.[1] Their residence was presumably the Astronomy Tower, where Astronomy lessons were taught.[2]

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  1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 11 (The Duelling Club)
  2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
Astronomy
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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
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