Divination (class)
| Divination | ||
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| Class Room | Divination Classroom | |
| Class Type | Elective (Y3+) | |
| Class Format | Lecture & Practical | |
| Current Professor | Anake Cosmos | |
| Previous Professor | Cillian Cuthbert | |
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Astronomy is one of the core classes held at Hogwarts. It takes place primarily at night, between 9pm-11:30pm. While the most famous activity associated with this class is stargazing via a telescope, the core of the class is lecture based.
The class is largely considered boring by the majority of students due to its seemingly pointless contents, mathematical focus and its late-night timing. Students of Divination find it useful, as star charting is also used in Divination; however, the class does not cover the subject of the Zodiac in any great detail beyond learning the movements of the relative stars.
Expect to see a lot of Ravenclaws.
Classroom
The Astronomy Tower is the highest tower among the forest of towers at Hogwarts, and the Astronomy classes take place at its peak and on the tower's battlements. It shares this tower with the Divination classroom, and the Astronomy professor's private quarters are located just below the classroom, as is his office.
Since Tapendra Trishna became professor, the formerly open room has been enclosed, mostly to make classes more pleasant. The old set of Armillary spheres have been removed to storage and the inside remodeled into a more proper classroom, its open arches covered in sheets to keep out the wind.
Stargazing takes place on the battlement outside, for the most part, and lectures happen inside.
