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| + | {{Quote|Professor Trelawney bent down and lifted, from under her chair, a miniature model of the solar system, contained within a glass dome. It was a beautiful thing; each of the moons glimmered in place around the nine planets and the fiery sun, all of them hanging in thin air beneath the glass. Harry watched lazily as Professor Trelawney began to point out the fascinating angle Mars was making to Neptune.|Harry Potter's Fourth year Divination class|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}} |
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| ⚫ | '''Orreries''' are models of the sun, planets and moons of the [[solar system]], used for studying [[Astronomy]]. [[Sybill Trelawney]] used one of all nine planets (including [[Pluto]]) while teaching [[Astrology]] during [[Divination]] in [[1995]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', ch.29</ref> |
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| + | [[File:Dumbledore's office UE booklet 1.jpg|thumb|right|Dumbledore's office with orrery-like globes to the bottom left and middle right]] |
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| + | *During [[Albus Dumbledore]]'s time as [[Headmaster]] of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], the [[Headmaster's office]] contained a number of orrery-like objects, though their specific purpose is unknown. |
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| + | *[[Globe of the Moon|Globes of the moon]]<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', ch.5; ''[[Pottermore]]''</ref> and perfect, moving models of the galaxy in a large glass ball<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', ch.4</ref> could be purchased in [[Diagon Alley]]. |
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| + | *''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]'' |
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- "Professor Trelawney bent down and lifted, from under her chair, a miniature model of the solar system, contained within a glass dome. It was a beautiful thing; each of the moons glimmered in place around the nine planets and the fiery sun, all of them hanging in thin air beneath the glass. Harry watched lazily as Professor Trelawney began to point out the fascinating angle Mars was making to Neptune."
- — Harry Potter's Fourth year Divination class[src]
Orreries are models of the sun, planets and moons of the solar system, used for studying Astronomy. Sybill Trelawney used one of all nine planets (including Pluto) while teaching Astrology during Divination in 1995.[1]
Related items
Dumbledore's office with orrery-like globes to the bottom left and middle right
- During Albus Dumbledore's time as Headmaster of Hogwarts, the Headmaster's office contained a number of orrery-like objects, though their specific purpose is unknown.
- Globes of the moon[2] and perfect, moving models of the galaxy in a large glass ball[3] could be purchased in Diagon Alley.
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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 | |||||