Over-Analysis of Minor Plot Points - Astronomy OWLs

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 116081


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lady Macbeth" 
<LadyMacbeth at u...> wrote:
> snip> I'm in Astronomy in college right now, so I became curious 
about Harry's
> astronomy OWL more than I had before.  As part of our course, we 
have access
> to a very nice program that lets you chart the sky at any date and 
time for
> any place on the globe.
> 
> So, out of curiosity, I set it for Scotland (well, the whole UK is 
covered
> when it's set for Scotland, so it's kind of a fail-safe for this 
purpose)
> and ran through the dates of June 5-16, 1995 at 11:00 PM (when 
their
> Astronomy practical exam started) and 12:00 AM (approximately when 
the
> attack on Hagrid started).
> 
> By using the calendar and the information in the book, I 
determined that the
> Astronomy practical exam would have likely been on Wednesday, June 
14
> (barring errors in the calendar as we've seen before; I think I've 
found a
> couple in this section of the book, but I'll need to do a more 
detailed look
> to be sure). (major snips)

mhbobbin: You are cracking me up. Are you avoiding homework or 
something? I love this post. NOt to negate your fine over-analysis, 
But I will suggest that the mysteries in the story that relate to 
the Astronomy Class might not be in the skies.

Why have we never seen an Astronomy Class? A class taking place at 
midnite has to be interesting.
Why is the Astronomy Tower off-limits except for classes.
And Would we like to know more about a Professor with the name of 
Sinistra?

I still don't understand how/why Harry confuses the planets? ARe 
there any theories about that detail?
mhbobbin
Would