who…or what…are the real stars of harry potter?
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Who…or What…are the Real Stars of Harry Potter?. An Interactive Presentation sponsored by JINA. A Physics Frontier Center. http://www.jinaweb.org/. WHO TEACHES ASTRONOMY AT HOGWARTS?. PROFESSOR AURORA SINISTRA. HER NAME ‘SINISTRA’ MEANS TO THE LEFT IN LATIN. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Who…or What…are the
Real Starsof Harry Potter?
An Interactive Presentation sponsored by JINA
http://www.jinaweb.org/
A Physics Frontier Center
WHO TEACHES
ASTRONOMY
AT HOGWARTS?
PROFESSORAURORA SINISTRA
HER NAME ‘SINISTRA’ MEANS TO THE LEFT IN
LATIN.
DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST OF THE PLANETS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM ROTATE
FROM RIGHT TO THE LEFT?!
SINISTRA IS ALSOTHE NAME OF ASTAR IN THE CONSTELLATION OF OPHIUCHUS.
WHO IS THIS?
YES…IT IS SIRIUS BLACK
Harry’s godfatherwas falsely accused of betrayal and murder…he was imprisoned in Azkaban.
WHAT CAN SIRIUS BLACK CHANGE INTO?
SIRIUSis also known as ‘The Dog Star’
SIRIUS, ONE OFORION’S HUNTINGDOGS, IS LOCATED
IN THECANIS MAJOR
CONSTELLATION.
SIRIUS is twice as bright as any other star in our night sky.
OTHER ‘STELLAR’ MEMBERS OF THE BLACK FAMILY
Sirius’s Father: ORION
Orion was the son of Neptune and the greatest hunter the world had ever known. He is represented by the brilliant constellation which bears his name.
According to Greek mythology,
Sirius’s Grandfather: ARCTURUS
Arcturus follows theGreat Bear (Ursa Major) across the night sky. The bear in the north comes from the Greek word ‘arktos’ (bear) and our word ‘arctic’.
Sirius’s Uncle: ALPHARD
Alphard is a giant star…so big that if it were in our Solar System, it would stretch halfway to the orbit of Mercury.
Sirius’s uncle: CYGNUS
the Cygnus (swan) Constellation isalso known as ‘The Northern Cross’
CYGNUS – THE SWAN
Sirius’s younger brother:REGULUS
Regulus is Latin for'the little king‘ – it is
the brightest star in the constellation Leo.
Regulus Black had this tattoo of the lion and The Leoconstellation.
REGULUS
Located at the front paw within the constellation LEO (the Lion),the brightest star is Regulus.
It is a triple system of a relatively small blue star, an orange sunlike star and a red dwarf.
Sirius’s cousin:BELLATRIX
Bellatrix is the third brightest star in Orion. Its Latin name means "female warrior".
Sirius’s cousin: ANDROMEDA
BLACK-TONKS
Andromeda is the nearestmajor galaxy to our own
Milky Way Galaxy.
Pollux is the brightest star
in constellation Gemini
Sirius’s grandfather:
POLLUX
Sirius’s great-aunt: CASSIOPEIA
The constellation of Cassiopeia, also known as ‘Queen of the Night’, is very easy to
identify because the stars that are part of it form the shape of the letter W.
We’ve come to the last character!
Who do youthink it will be?
Well, let’s see…
WHO IS THE MEANEST WIZARD AT HOGWARTS?
(HERE’S A HINT: HE LIKES TO GET HARRY, RON, & HERMIONE IN TROUBLE.)
YES…IT IS DRACO MALFOY
His mother was Sirius Black’s
cousin.
‘MAL-FOY’ MEANS BAD FAITH IN FRENCH…
…AND IN LATIN, ‘DRACO’ MEANS A LARGE
SERPENT…A DRAGON!
SO, IN WHICH HOUSE DOES DRACO MALFOY LIVE?
DRACO CONSTELLATIONalso known as ‘Draco the Dragon’
This constellation slithers around the North Star and the Big and Little Dippers… just like a snake!
DRACO CONSTELLATION
NOW, WHEN YOU LOOK UP AT THE
NIGHT SKY, WHO OR WHAT WILL YOU BE
LOOKING FOR?
HMMM….I THINK I KNOWJUST WHAT YOU’LL DO!
SAY ‘GOODNIGHT’ LITTLE WITCHES,
WIZARDS, AND MUGGLES!