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The Harry Potter books contain loads of references to classical names and myths related to astronomy, but did you know that The Philosopher’s Stone has been translated into Latin and Classical Greek? This is a light hearted look at some of the astronomy-related names in the Harry Potter books.
Astronomy was the magical and scientific study of celestial objects such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies, as well as the phenomena that occur outside the Earth's atmosphere. [1] [2] Wizards and witches who dedicated themselves to understanding the properties and uses of these objects were...
Astronomy was taught in the Harry Potter series right from the time when Harry came to study at Hogwarts. In their first year, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and their other classmates went atop the Astronomy Tower every Wednesday at midnight to study the movements of the planets and the names of stars.
26 Αυγ 2017 · The class meets at midnight at the top of the Astronomy Tower. Essays for the theory portion involve learning a lot of facts — Ron and Harry’s fifth year essay on Jupiter’s moons, for example (OP14). In this class, they learn the names of stars and constellations, of planets and their moons.
18 Μαρ 2007 · A perfect model of our Milky Way Galaxy—the enormous conglomeration of hundreds of billions of stars to which our Sun belongs—would be very cool indeed, but as Professor Sinistra’s class appears to focus only on our solar system (just the Sun, its planets, and their moons), it is hard to understand why this galactic model would be so ...
Regulus Arcturus - the names of two stars. Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo, the lion. The red giant star, Arcturus, is the brightest star in the constellation Bootes. The constellation’s name comes from the Greek word Βοώτης, Boōtēs, which means "ox driver". Bellatrix -one of the shoulder stars in the constellation Orion.
15 Σεπ 2020 · Perhaps the most noticeable connection to the stars throughout every book comes from the actual names of characters, which are directly linked to stars and constellations. Gianforte shares a few examples: Draco Malfoy: Draco (meaning “dragon” in Latin) is a constellation close to the North Star.
