[HPforGrownups] RHogwarts Location, a quibble (WAS Astronomy OWLs - Can you see Venus?)

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 68334

On 8 Jul 2003 at 11:21, Kirstini wrote:

> Shaun wrote:> For 1996, over Central Scotland, Venus was visible at 
> 11pm between 14th March and 2nd June - it's latest setting time was 
> 1:42 am, around 25th to 29th April.>
> 
> When you say "Central Scotland", though, which area are you referring 
> to? Is this a fact you read in a book or an area you have designated 
> yourself? The reason I ask is that "Central Scotland", or "the 
> Central Belt" usually refers to the area between Glasgow and 
> Edinburgh. All the possible locations for Hogwarts (as designated in 
> the Lexicon) are much higher, more or less aligned with Aberdeenshire 
> and Grampian Region. So it still could be a mistake.

If you read my previous post on this you will see that I defined Central 
Scotland for these purposes as 56 30N 4 0W. This was simply a point 
roughly in the middle of Scotland. The acknowledged geographical centre 
of Scotland (to the nearest minute) is 56 49' N 4 11' W - between Blair 
Atholl and Dalwhinnie.

I am trying to work out a decent latitude and longtitude for Hogwarts likely 
location but haven't done so yet. So for the moment, I'm just using the 
rough centre of Scotland.

Can you direct me to where in the Lexicon, they designate the possible 
locations for Hogwarts? I've looked and haven't found that so far or I'd be  
using a lat/long closer to those locations.

If I can find these locations, I'll redo all my calculations - it will make some 
difference, but probably not a lot.

Yours Without Wax, Dreadnought
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