Astronomy. My first Year Notes
written by Kirstie Calderon Lewis
My own notes of Astronomy First Year lesson 1 - 9. All notes from the lessons and my own work on Astronomy. Important information for quizzes and essays can be find within the notes.
Last Updated
05/31/21
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Lesson One
Chapter 1
• Astronomy - the study of the universe. Observing celestial bodies including moons, asteroids, comets, planets, stars, nebulae and galaxies. Theorizing about how objects in outer space have been formed and deducing the chemical makeup of these bodies as part of astronomy.
• Astrology - the study of how the happenings in outer space influence the happenings of people on Earth.
• Observational astronomy focuses on finding objects in space, whether it’s by visual observation or by “seeing” an object through the analysis of data collected from space.
• Theoretical astronomy focuses on applying technology and astronomical concepts to a model in order to answer a question about the universe.
• Magical astronomers often subscribe to non-magical astronomy publications or attend Muggle institutions to get cutting-edge knowledge of observational and theoretical astronomy that they can incorporate into their own research into magic-based theory.
• Magic tends to interfere with the technology they use for much of their research, like computers.
• Magical telescopes are an improvement over Muggle telescopes of the same size. They can’t compete with the best Muggle models, and the magical community hasn’t seen fit to make ones that can.
• The more committed amateur astronomers may point their own telescope at the night sky and seek out known astronomical objects. Wizards are often concerned about the affairs of outer space because they directly affect magical life on Earth. We know that the arrangement of the stars can predict the future and that the full moon really can transform a werewolf into wolf like form.
• Astronomy is truly a subject that connects many magical fields of study.
• Astrology - the study of how the happenings in outer space influence the happenings of people on Earth.
• Observational astronomy focuses on finding objects in space, whether it’s by visual observation or by “seeing” an object through the analysis of data collected from space.
• Theoretical astronomy focuses on applying technology and astronomical concepts to a model in order to answer a question about the universe.
• Magical astronomers often subscribe to non-magical astronomy publications or attend Muggle institutions to get cutting-edge knowledge of observational and theoretical astronomy that they can incorporate into their own research into magic-based theory.
• Magic tends to interfere with the technology they use for much of their research, like computers.
• Magical telescopes are an improvement over Muggle telescopes of the same size. They can’t compete with the best Muggle models, and the magical community hasn’t seen fit to make ones that can.
• The more committed amateur astronomers may point their own telescope at the night sky and seek out known astronomical objects. Wizards are often concerned about the affairs of outer space because they directly affect magical life on Earth. We know that the arrangement of the stars can predict the future and that the full moon really can transform a werewolf into wolf like form.
• Astronomy is truly a subject that connects many magical fields of study.
