[HPforGrownups] Star draco

[Lady Macbeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 116290

Aura wrote:
So, I was feeling ambitous tonight and decided to find sirius the star in
canus major. While I was researching stars, I discovered that there's a star
called draco.

Lady Macbeth replies:
Draco is the name of a prominent contellation. You'll find Draco in the
Northern sky winding between several other cirumpolar constellations as the
lot of them circle the North Star.

Aura wrote:
First think I thought was, "wow, JKR really did plan her books from the
beginning." The next thing was, "wow, proud Lucius allowed his heir to be
named in his mother's family's tradition." I wonder why. In the WW, does the
family line/inheritance pass through the mother's family? Was Lucius gutter
trash before he married money? (Gawd, would that be hilarious.)

Lady Macbeth replies:
There's also the possibility that Narcissa's family and Lucius's family are
not that distantly removed.  Sirius went off on a tangent at one point about
how he was related to the Weasleys - plus, there's at least two surnames
besides the Weasleys on his tree.  Phinneas Nigellus was a prominent person
on his family tree, yet Sirius's surname is Black.  That suggests close
interconnectedness between the families.

Aura
who finally figured out sirius and the big dog (who has a galaxy in his
heart) and ran outside to find him -- but the sky was veiled in clouds.

Lady Macbeth replies:
I put up charts to help you (and anyone else who is curious) find the
others. :)  http://ladymacbeth.us/starsharrypotter.html   In case the text
is hard to read because of the compression factor in the images, they are:
1. Draco (with Beta Draconis, or "Rastaban" - this is commonly cited as the
origin of the name "Rabastan", as in "Rabastan Lestrange".)
2. Orion (with Bellatrix) and Canis Major (with Sirius)
3. Andromeda (the Andromeda Galaxy is that smear between the o and m in
"Andromeda")
4. Leo (with Regulus)

-Lady Macbeth


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