Wizarding Vs Muggle Astronomy

Astronomers study the planets, stars, and other celestial objects to try to understand how the universe works. They also study things like collisions, black holes and other things that could potentially affect earth. Astronomers gain information about objects in space from telescopes, and satellites. They can also use mathematical equations to find the positions of planets and stars in our universe. These telescopes and satellites observe light reflected by things such as planets, meteors, or stars in space and use it to make observations. Then the Astronomers job is to collect and analyze the data observed.

It has been said that astronomy is unique among branches of magic in that we can work with and learn from muggles as much as our fellow wizards. As a muggleborn, coming to Hogwarts with something recognizable on the schedule, astronomy, has been nice in a world of new and un recognizable things, however exciting they may be. I distinctly remember getting a telescope for Christmas when I was eight years old, and spent hours talking to my dad and studying the sky. The sky does not change depending upon if you are a wizard or muggle, and we are all in pursuit of more information about the amazing universe we live in. However, there are a few factors that are different regarding wizarding astronomy than muggle astronomy. As wizards we can use magic and magical equipment to see farther and more clearly. We can use these unique tools for more accurate

This “Ice Giant” sure stands for its name as the 7th farthest planet from the Sun and its cold atmosphere brought about by the gases found here, hydrogen, helium and a little bit of methane. Uranus falls under the gas giant category along with neighbors Neptune and Saturn. This planet is composed of rock materials and various ices and is very similar to the cores of Saturn and Jupiter. Since the thick, blue-colored atmosphere covers the planet itself, scientists suggest that under the atmosphere is a hot, slushy ocean of water, ammonia, and methane thousands of mile deep right to a small, rocky core. Its blue color comes from the absorption of red light from the Sun by methane in the upper atmosphere but reflects blue light from the Sun back into space.

When fields of science are being discussed, most people are going to immediately think of fields like biology, chemistry, and physics. It is quite strange that these fields are the most popular. This is because biology, chemistry, and physics can be combined into one single field. That field would be astronomy. While most may think that astronomy is just viewing stars through a telescope, there is an immense amount of more complicated ideas associated with astronomy. What with the fastest speeds, highest masses, major chemical compositions, and even the idea of sustaining life, astronomy has to be one of the most complex fields of science. Without astronomy, many things about the life of humans on earth would be a mystery, not to mention where

Venus. The Mayans gave great importance to the planet Venus; they recorded its transit across the sky and used this information to create the Dresden Codex which contains the data for the full circle of this planet. The Mayans counted five repetitions of the cycle of Venus, each one with a length of 584 days, which correspond to approximately 8 years. In the Mayan mythology, Venus is the companion of the sun. The observed that Venus is always close to the sun in the sky, rising before sunrise as morning star or after sunset as evening star. Venus was so important to the Mayans that they decided some of their wars based some positions of Venus and

Section A: Astronomy means to me about the sky and stars and the planets that has many mystery in it. There are little difference between muggle and wizard astronomy. Wizard astronomy has more story that some wizard believe more then muggle story because of history of magic and the centaurs viewers of the sky. muggle astronomy is a lot of science and technology like rockets and giant telescopes muggle has send many astronauts outer space and on many planets unlike wizards. Section B Mercury: Mercury is the smallest planet that is rocky and has allot of craters on its surface.

Saturn is the most fascinating planet in our Solar System. Saturn was named after the Roman God, Saturn; however in Greek, his name was Cronos, King of the older Gods. Cronos was the father of Zeus and the God of Time and Ages. Saturn, the planet itself, is comprised of liquid and gas. It has 7 rings that are formed from ice, rock, and dust. It is the 6th planet from the sun, which is 885 million miles away. Saturn is surprisingly the 2nd largest planet. It has the capacity of 764 earths or 75,000 miles wide. Saturn has 62 moons; 53 known and 9 provisional. Over time, these moons were named after the older Gods; the first moon Titan. Saturn spins so fast on its axis, that its days are 10 hours long. Saturn is the 2nd largest planet, however

Uranus is the eighth planet from the Sun. It is, like Jupiter, classified as a Gas Giant, but it is also what is known as an Ice Giant. Its atmosphere is mostly comprised of hydrogen, helium, and methane. A unique feature of Uranus is that the planet itself is tipped, to one side, and its axis rotation

“Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science.” This remark was by Edwin Hubble, the man that the Hubble telescope was named after. The telescope made many amazing discoveries in the field of astronomy, as well as the man himself did. It was said that Edwin Hubble revolutionized the field of astrophysics. Biography.com states, “His research helped prove that the universe is expanding and he created a classification system for galaxies that has been used for several decades.” He made many contributions to science, as did the Hubble telescope, and that is why this invention is one of the greatest in the history of science.

named for the Roman god of agriculture. The day Saturday is also named after him. Discovered by: Saturn has been observed in the night sky since ancient times but Galileo was the first to observe it with a telescope in 1610.

Jupiter is a gas giant 11 times larger than our earth with wind and dust storms that have raged on for hundreds of years. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun lying just outside the Asteroid belt. Jupiter known for it’s large stripes and Red spot, as well as its large amount of moons. Jupiter rotates very rapidly, consequently Jupiter has the fastest day in the solar system. A day on Jupiter is only 9.9 Hours.

Neptune is the eighth and farthest known planet from the sun in the solar system. It is the fourth largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass. It called as a troublemaker planet because neptune often leaves its orbit line.

Uranus is the seventh planet from the sun and is the third largest planet in the solar system. Since it is a small giant it is only four times larger than Earth. Uranus is mostly made up of rock and ices. Like most of the other outer planets Uranus atmosphere is made up of hydrogen, helium, and methane. Having methane in Uranus atmosphere causes its greenish color. The methane filters incoming sunlight and the scattering of light gives Uranus its greenish color. Uranus also has rings that are narrow, dark, and made out of narrow particles of dust. The rings being so narrow and dark causes us not to be able to see them as well as we see Saturn's. Uranus is tilted on its side, so its axis of rotation is tilted almost 98o and lies almost

When we look outside in the pitch black night sky avid Astronomers and people with knowledge of the arrangement of the stars and planets can notice two pale dots in the heavens. These two specific points are the titans of our solar system: Jupiter and Saturn. Named after Roman Gods, these two monolithic spheres are similar in composition as well. We all learned the Jupiter is the largest and Saturn has a ring in elementary science but when we take a closer look we can see much about how the two are the similar and different, so lets take a deeper look at these two behemoth gas giants.

This makes the Venusian day equal to 117 earth days. It is thought that this slow rotation may be the reason why Venus has no magnetic field.