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The Astronomy reading room was a small reading room located within the Astronomy Tower.[1]

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Astronomy reading room

In the 1996-1997 school year

Throughout the 1890–1891 school year, the reading room was often filled with students, many of whom spent their time studying or playing Wizard's Chess. A number of cats would roam around the room as well.[2]

Bookshelves filled most of the room, with small decorative stone cherubs carrying celestial bodies and peering through telescopes perched on the columns. The room contained high ceilings with golden celestial models orbiting in mid-air. High windows provided light. This room could be accessed through the Astronomy Corridor, and an archway that went onto the Astronomy Stairwell, leading to the Astronomy classroom. It's possible that Professor Sinistra prepared her classes here or consulted books here.[1]

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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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