#lyra chou

[cherieonow]

"Well you be kind and care to join our fanclub?"

-Chou

THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!!!

Welcome to the Basil Fanclub meetup!

Hmm, it's pretty empty as of yet.

Reblog with your character (or any character) edited/drawn in to attend!

[queenofcandynsoda]

Cuckoos: Favorite Foods

Malaea Koi- Honey Malasadas, Honey Custard Tarts, Spam Musubi

James Smith- Maple custard pie, crab cake, coffee milk

Lyra Guerra- Wine, gelato, Agnolotti, Bicerin, risotto

Haruki Igarashi- Mochi, green tea, Onsen tamago, gyoza

Zosia Jacobs- Chicken and waffles, biscuits with honey, beignets

Francois Hubert- Macarons, Quiche, chou à la crème

Sue Ellen Hazel- BBQ, hotdish, pancakes, apple juice

Steef Timpert- Stroopwafel, Chocolate, Bitterballen

Hye-Sun Jo- Naengmyeon, pheasant, BBQ clams, lotus tea

Pandu Fadnavis- Dal bhat, Darjeeling tea, dried fruit

Rehema Khalsa- Ras malai, Gulab jamun

Ragnor Hilmarsen- Cinnamon and caramel pastries

Penelope Asper- Carac, Cordon bleu, Fondue, Muesli, Swiss chocolate

Lamar Fullwood- Spicy curry goat, beef patty, rum ice cream

Loukia Relloulis- Lokma, Chamomile tea

Gryffyn Sambell- Saffron bun, cream tea, savory pastries

Babes Maalouf- Halva, Mint Tea, Knafeh

Saul Olloqui- Churros with chocolate, Paella de marisco

Flora Phillips- Caramel shortbread, puff candy, mince pie

Alfie Clemens- Witchetty grub, yogurt, pavlova, trout

Szalai Varga- Sour cherry soup

Hakan Yucel- Rose Water Turkish Delights

Verona Schober- Liège waffles with strawberries and chocolate spread, Fries with mayo, Belgian chocolate

Xiaobo Hong- Egg tart, Shrimp dim sum, Quail eggs, Lotus tea, Dragon’s beard candy

Tania Dulce- Ube (Ice cream, cake, crinkles, halaya, cheesecake), Kaldereta, sapin-sapin

Birch Cypress- “strangled” veal, s’mores

Ivete Araújo Lobo- pastel with guava filling and sugarcane juice

Clovis Dupuis- Bananas Foster, Crawfish boil, Gumbo

Emelie Fritzl- Apple cider donuts, kugel, babka

Dominik Murray- Scone and blackberry jam, Shepherd’s pie

[jv9ufxcy]

Inktober 2018 - 04 - Spell

Augur of Ebrietas is better than 80% of Dark Souls sorceries don’t @ me.

I actually had this idea the day of but had to redo it a few times and finally got a better pose from going through a few Kill la Kill screenshots. I kinda wanted it to go a bit farther but I’m satisfied with just getting it done. Now that that’s settled I can get delayed by coming up with a prompt for Chicken.

[thesoundofmadness]

I Won’t Turn Around (OC Fanfic)

Okay so, I decided to write a fic about my OC Lyra.This takes place after she unlocks her powers and it’s pretty much her and Lloyd trying to figure out what she can do. In case you don’t know, Lyra is the Master of Song and she often sings in battle bc it helps her powers work better. I’m gonna link some songs mentioned in the fic, and i heavily suggest you listen to them before reading bc it helps to fully understand what’s going on, especially if you don’t know the songs. Enjoy~

Point of No Return by Starset

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Lyra sighs. “I feel stupid..” She says. 

“Come on, Lyra. It’s not going to be that bad.” Lloyd says, trying to re-assure her. “I know you’re scared, but aren’t you a little excited, too? You unlocked your true potential! You finally got your powers! Don’t you wanna see what you can do?”

She knew he was trying his best to help, but instead it just made her feel worse. She knew she should have been excited that she was starting her elemental training, but it was hard. She messed with her hands a little while shaking her head.

 “...I don’t know...I mean...what am I supposed to even do? Do I just..Do I just listen to the music and see what happens? What am I aiming for? What am I trying to do?” he says, fustrated. She brushed her hair back behind her ears. She shook her head again. 

“What are you so worried about, anyway? You don’t have to be scared.” Lloyd leans down and plugs the speaker cord into the phone.

“I don’t know! What if it doesn’t work? What if I can’t control it and you get hurt? What if...” Lyra sighs. What if I’m not as strong as everyone thinks I am?

Lloyd gets off the ground and turns towards her. He smiles at her. “Just relax and focus on the music, okay? It’s going to be fine, you’ll see.” 

She shakes her head, nods, then sighs. “Okay...I think I can do that..”

Lloyd holds the phone in his hands, ready to press play. “You ready, Lyra?” He asks.

“Yeah, sure...”

Lloyd pressed the play button on the phone and the music started playing. Lyra closed her eyes, trying to listen to the lyrics. She recongized the song instantly. It was one of her favorites.

“There’s a memory of how we used to be..That i can see, though the flames.” The song sang. 

Lyra imagined a house. Not just any house, that house. The one she ran away from. The one with all the yelling and screaming. The one with all the fighting. The house was big, having a basement, two floors, and an attic. It’s outside was mostly blue, with white on the top part. The inside was messy. There was trash on the floor, empty can lying everywhere, clothes needing to be picked up in the bedrooms, left-out food filled the kitchen, the entire place was a mess. Outside of the house, it was dark. It was night time. Clouds in the sky blocked out the moonlight. Behind the house, were woods filled with trees and unknown dangers. 

“I am hypnotized, as I fantasize, forgetting lies and pain...but I can’t go back.” Lyra sang along to the song. “The ashes call my name...”

“POURING THE FUEL, FANNING THE FLAMES, BREAKING THE HABBIT AND MELTING THE CHAINS...”

As the chorus of the song played, Lyra imagained the house bursting into bright-red flames. Everything was on fire. Everything was burning, crumbling to ashes, but the house still stood. She imagined herself standing behind the house, facing away from it, facing the trees. 

“Its uncontrollable..such a beautiful..desire..” She sang. “There’s something sinister, about the way it hurts when I watch it burn...but I can’t go back...”

She stood there, facing the ground, wanting to turn around and go back inside. Who knows what kinds of dangers are in those woods?It would be easier to just go home. She remembered the screams, the arguments, the yelling, everything that ever went down in that house. She took a breath.

“I won’t turn around.” She sings. “I won’t turn around.” She sings again. “I won’t turn around..”

“Pouring the fuel! Fanning the flames! Breaking the habit and melting the chains!”

As she sings along to the chous one last time, Lyra imagined the house finally accepting it’s fate and giving into the flames. It’s falling, crumpling, burning down, along with everything it held. 

“This is the Point of No Return!”

Lyra opens her eyes and looks around. “See, Lloyd? Nothing happened.” She sighs in defeat. She saw Lloyd blinking rapidly and looking around like he had just lost something. “..you good, bro?”

“Lyra..did you not see what you just did?!” He says excitedly. 

“No...? If I did something, I didn’t see it, nor did I feel anything. Can we go back to the temple now? I’m tired...” 

“It got dark and then there was this house. And all of a sudden, the house just burst into a giant flame! But..it disappeared.” Lloyd looks at Lyra with a realization. “You can create optical ilusions! Or..things that aren’t there, or something like that!!” Lloyd is nearly shouting in excitement.

“Lloyd, can you keep your voice down? For a ninja you sure are loud...”

Lloyd kept going on about how Lyra, suposedly, used her powers. He was obviously excited. 

“...maybe I should try again? But this time, without my eyes closed?” She says, kinda sheepishly.  

[friendlyneighborhoodwhateve-blog]

The Hogwarts Revolution // A Next Gen Story

For my friends in here as always: @always-blame-jefferson , @hannahbakcr and @allthebrighteststars

Also, @lookaroundlookaroundhowlucky , for making me feel the happiest I’ve been in a couple of weeks.

Let me not forget @ravenclaw-nerd-105 for ramdomly geeking out over Harry Potter with me.

Word count: 1900

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Part 5 / Part 6 / Part 7

Part 8/ ?

Cast / Masterlist

AN: I’m sorry for the time between chapters for those of you who are reading this story. College has been hell, I’ve just started a new job and I’m pretty sure anxiety has become a permanent resident. That being said, please enjoy these chapter and give me some validation.

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October Second, 2015

11:35 PM

“It’ll be fine, it’ll be fine, it’ll be fine…” He murmured the mantra, holding onto his legs, pressed against the corner of the room. But he knew it was coming.

How had the night ended so terribly, Albus thought to himself as he watched Scorpius sleep on the infirmary bed with rose by his side. They were all having fun until James showed up, he could feel his breath come out in short puffs, his heart beating erratically in his chest, his head began to swim as thought clouded his mind.

It’s all my fault, my fault, my fault.

If he hadn’t insisted on going to the party, maybe his best friend wouldn’t be in this situation.

What would he do if Scorpius hated him once he woke up, of course Madam Pomfrey had assured him it wouldn’t happen but what if? The tingling in the tips of his fingers increased and he wiped the sweat away on his pants.

The boy’s head rose when the sound of footsteps was heard entering the infirmary. While Lyra went to talk to Rose and Scorpius, Lorcan went to talk to the frightened kid, the older girl was only able to mutter a few words due to the intense anger she was feeling.

“I am going to kill James Potter.”

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TWENTY SIX HOURS EARLIER

It was another ordinary day at Hogwarts. Well, as ordinary as it got in a school for witchcraft and wizardry. Currently, Teddy was presiding over a meeting with the prefects about the school, it seemed that lately the tension between the houses had risen to a whole new level and Minerva had made finding some sort of solution their responsibility. The group was made up of twenty four people in total: Teddy (Edward actually but calling him by his full names was weird) and Elena Cortez, Head Boy and Girl, Elena was one of the nicest girls anyone had ever met, plus extremely brilliant academically, of course she would be the head girl.

Then there were the prefects, for Gryffindor they were Lorcan Scamander and May Winston in the fifth year, a muggle born girl that was one the triplets best friends, the sixth year prefects were Linda Prince and Christian Cortes, seventh year was represented by Liana Verita and Mason Carter; the Ravenclaw fifth year prefects were none other than Lysander Scamander and Victoire Weasley, secretly everyone hoped they’d somehow end up together, sixth year had Roxanne Weasley and Wes Blythe, it had been a surprise to everyone when the girl had been sorted into Ravenclaw given her parents were both Gryffindors, lastly Hayley Fields and Carlos Valente were the seventh year prefects.

As for the Hufflepuff representatives, they were Augusta Longbottom and Castor Spinnet in fifth year, both of them were incredible people, for year six the representatives were Cassandra Lenn and Spencer Morgan, Molly Weasley II and Rafael Vidal finalized the Hufflepuff representatives. Lastly, for the Slytherin house, fifth year prefects were Lyra Scamander and Lin Pisani, sixth year had Philippa Chou and Rami Nadeau to represent it and to close the group came Tish Diggle and Ezra McKean for the seventh year.

“This week we had four unauthorized duels, three fist fights and the prank the Gryffindors pulled landed three people in the infirmary with allergic reactions.”

On Thursday morning, during lunch, James and his friends decided that it’d be a fun idea to make Puffapods appear on the Slytherin table, an otherwise harmless prank had it not been for the fact that three people had ended up in the infirmary because of it, Lyra included among them; the fumes the plant emitted while blooming triggered a reaction similar to asthma. Lorcan sat beside his sister, who still was a bit shaken. Everyone in the room was infuriated but there was virtually nothing they could do, at least during the day.

“I suggest an integration party.” Said Wes Blythe, soon being followed by murmurs of agreement. “Maybe a costume party where upon entering you are put under a spell to be virtually unrecognizable until a certain time.”

The idea was nice. Maybe without the labels of the houses people would learn that there was more to each other than where they were placed, if everyone could do that life would be much easier.

After the meeting it was decided that the party would be held at the Great Hall on Saturday night, students of every age would be able to attend under the supervision of the prefects and head students. The use of a costume was obligatory but you could go literally as anything you wanted, the magic was that no one would be able to tell it was you. At midnight, the spell would be lifted. After the last details were set, the students sent an owl to Minerva, which she promptly answered with a positive feedback.

“Let’s go to bed everyone, we have very busy day tomorrow.” Not that Teddy himself would actually go to bed, he just had to give a somewhat good example.  Truth was that just like he had inherited his father’s gentle and calm personality, he had also inherited his mother’s lack of ability to behave, it was just better concealed.

He then walked to his best friend, who was still shaken from the sever allergic reaction from the previous day.

“Hey Eddie.” This nickname only surfaced when she was either very tired or sick. Lin, her housemate that had been talking to her until now took his leave and went away. 

“Come on, Ly.”

Lorcan and Lysander watched from a small distance as the pair left, the boy’s right arm draped around their sister shoulder, the girl barely being able to stand upright. Sure James was one of their best friends despite all of his actions but now he had crossed a line. 

-

TWELVE HOURS EARLIER

The last month had been hard for all of them.

Albus  was fairing very well academically, along with his friends Rose and Scorpius but since his father had heard of his sorting, he hadn’t sent a single letter to him. As impulsive as she was, Lyra had nearly sent Harry Potter a howler sevral time, if it wasn’t for Victoire she’d probably have sent at least three. Rose, Scorpius and him had become very good friends but somehow he still felt left out most of the time. 

Not today, today there would be a sort of costume party and after a lot of nagging on his part, his friends had agreed to go with him, neither of them were exactly party people but the idea was rather fun. So Rose would go as Jesse Quick from The Flash, not that she liked the show that much but she loved Jesse’s character; Scorpius as a Jedi, after he had been introduced to Star Wars at one of the Slytherin Movie Nights it was pretty much the only thing he could think about; and Albus was going as Percy Jackson, because he had become his favorite character over summer. Lyra helped the younger kids get ready with Tori, Dominique and a bunch of other people. 

When everyone from year three and under was ready to go, the older ones got ready, Tori was going as Supergirl, Dominique and Michelle were going as Korra and Asami, Lorcan and Lysander thought it would be funny so they were going as Thing One and Thing Two, Lyra was going as Anastasia and Teddy as Dmitri, others like James, Carter or Fred would decide their costumes fifteen minutes before it was time to go.

THREE HOURS EARLIER

Before everything began, Headmistress McGonagall passed by the Hall to check everything, she had to say that the group had impressed her greatly. The ceilings echantment had been temporarily altered to display fireworks instead of the night sky, the tables had been pushed to the far walls and were covered in black tablecloths with colorful tableware. All in all, the hall looked great, they had surely made great choices with the prefects and head students.

It wasn’t long before the students began gathering in front of the doors to enter the party, Lorcan and Lysander were already under the charm that made the person unrecognizable so they had been in charge of putting everyone else under it. The prefects and head students however, were under a different version of the charm, they could recognize themselves between them but to other students they would only look strangely familiar.

James, whose  last minute costume was Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, had only gone to the party for the sake of it. He thought that the whole point of it was ridiculous, if they weren’t supposed to care which house a person had been sorted into, why were there houses in the first place? But then again, his brother had been sorted into Slytherin and he wasn’t all that he had been taught, neither was Lyra or Dominique.

Still, better safe then sorry. During the party he had steered clear of anyone who looked suspicious to him (that meant anyone who looke like a Slytherin), however he did have fun. At about ten in the evening, the girl prefects and Elena, the head girl were sitting in the corner of a table talking about their respective crushes (some of them had far too many, while others had none when Augusta asked Lyra who was her crush.

“Merlin, Auggie, it feels like we’re all the way back in first year.” 

“You didn’t answer her question, Miss Scamander. Is it a certain seventh year Hufflepuff?” Retorted Hayley, the girl was wearing a very extravagant Ursula costume. For some unknow reason, Lyra blushed.

“I don’t know, maybe. The thing is I’m not really certain if I like Teddy in that way, but I could fall for him so easily that it’s kind of scary.”

Lyra and Teddy knew that they woould somehow end up together, it was one of the things you just know deep in your heart, there had never been another option for either of them. 

At about fifteen minutes until midnight, they began going to their positions around the hall to lift the charm. The excitment in the atmosphere was nearly touchable, James was blissfully unaware of the fact that the people he had been hanging out with for the past couple of hours were all in Slytherin. 

When midnight hit the charm was lifted and the reactions wer mostly good but one in particular caught everyone’s attention. James Potter who until now was animatedly talking with the small group around him took a step back, the people around him were people he remembered seeing around the castle wearing green and silver. 

Suddenly, everything he believed wasn’t as clear anymore and everything he wanted was to leave the party. In his haste to leave he ended up pushing several people out of the way, one of them being Scorpius Malfoy. In that moment several things happened, the first one was Lyra yealling James’s name, the second was his arm swinging when he turned around, the third was his arm hitting Scorpius which in turn made the small boy stumble and fall to the ground awkwardly bending his leg. A resounding crack was heard. James disappeared like a ghost.

[shinai97]

answer 30 questions and tag 20 mutuals you want to get to know better

thanks @draculuu, we can actually befriend with each other hahaha I was amazed when I saw how close our bds are o(≧v≦)o you are my jiejie though!

name/nickname: Lyra or Mon

gender: cis woman

star sign: Virgo

height: 152 cm

birthday: 10th September

fav bands: 好妹妹乐队。I’m trying to listen more bands, artists and genres :D

fav solo artists: IU, Wang Yibo, Eric Chou, Taylor Swift, Xie Chunghua, Noa, ...

song stuck in my head: One day by Matisyahu

last movie I watched: Soul ^^

last show: nothing ;-; (seriously? I haven’t started any show in 2021 ahHhhhhH)

creation of this blog: can’t remember correctly ;-;

what I post: I reblog mostly.

last thing I googled: “congrats you survived meme”

other blogs: -

do i get asks: no

why I chose my url: umm.. my brain can’t think any other good ones so I just chose this randomly.

following: 127

followers: 13

average hours of sleep: 8-10 hahahah

lucky number: doesn’t have one

instruments: piano, violin, saxophone

what am I wearing: pyjamas

dream trip: Canada

fav food: potatoes 🥔

nationality: Myanmar/Burmese (note: If you got spare time, please check this to be aware of the recent situations in Myanmar)

fav songs: changes everyday

last book I read: the sun and her flowers - rupi kaur

top 3 fictional universe I’d like to live in: Interstellar and wuxia universe, yep that’s it.

fav colour: changes all the time but I’m in love with tortilla and mint <3

I won’t be tagging but if you wish to do this, don’t be hesitant ~\(≧▽≦)/~

[alethiometry]

☃ - tall/short? ❅ - any sports? ✈ - hobbies? ✌ - favorite bands/ singers?

☃ - tall/short?

i’m 5′3″ so... short by american standards but i think average by asian standards?

❅ - any sports?

i don’t watch any sports, but i was on swim team in high school and did a little boxing, aerial (lyra/silks), and yoga briefly before i overworked myself and hurt my back XD  i miss boxing, but there’s not a lot of studios with convenient class times around where i live now :(

✈ - hobbies?

cooking/baking! i don’t really make anything fancy, i just like to experiment with what i have, or read through recipes for comfort foods and try to add my own spin. i have like a 90% success rate with cooking i think, and probably like a 50% success rate with baking. but it’s fun and i like that it forces me to do something super involved with my hands! also just general consumption of media, whether it be tv shows, podcasts, games, etc. and overinvesting myself in those forms of media (i.e. reading/writing fanfic), of course.

✌ - favorite bands/singers?

ooooo hmmmm ...... jay chou will always have a special place in my heart, along with AC/DC, imagine dragons, foster the people, nicki minaj, janelle monae, halsey.......... my music tastes are all over the place and also develop in a stop-and-go fashion. idk if i’ve actively sought out new music since 2015, if i’m being honest.

ask the blogger!

[cwkrp]

RESERVED: until june 6th, 23:59 gmt

im jaebum, got7   //   crux   //   0206 jeon wonwoo, seventeen   //   ursa   //   9601 kim taehyung, bts   // �� undecided   //   0101 kwon soonyoung, seventeen   //   crux   //   6666 lee jieun, soloist   //   ursa   //   7208 lee sunmi, soloist   //   lyra   //   0211 park jimin, bts   //   ursa   //   2211    

RESERVED: until june 7th, 23:59 gmt

choi jinri, actress   //   lyra  +  drama b   //   0000 jung jaewon, soloist   //   undecided   //   7197  

RESERVED: until june 8th, 23:59 gmt

chou tzuyu, twice   //   undecided   //   1999 jeon jeongguk, bts   //   apus   //   0901   ( EXT. ) jung soojung, f(x)  //   lyra   //   7102   ( EXT. ) kim jisoo, blackpink   //   ursa   //   2478 kim jongin, exo   //   vela   //   4200   ( EXT. ) kim mingyu, seventeen   //   crux  +  friends b   //   0527 lee taemin, shinee   //   crux   //   8080   ( EXT. ) park jinyoung, got7   //   vela   //   9912   ( EXT. ) park sooyoung, red velvet   //   lyra   //   9396   ( EXT. ) wong yukhei, nct   //   apus  +  friends c   //   0805   ( EXT. )

RESERVED: until june 9th, 23:59 gmt

han seungwoo, victon   //   apus   //   3802 kim jennie, blackpink   //   vela   //   2018  kim seolhyun, aoa   //   vela  +  drama a   //   0125 lee taeyong, nct   //   crux   //   3478 lim sejun, victon   //   apus dean   //   1027   min yoongi, bts   //   ursa   //   5418

EXPIRED

jeon somin, kard kim minkyung, pristin lee suji, uni.t  seo soojin, (g)i-dle stephanie hwang, soloist  

PENDING: until opening ( 2/8 )

bae suji, soloist   //   rhee jinri, vela   //   reviewing kim hyojong, pentagon  //   jegal seong, apus   //   accepted kim jinwook, up10tion   //   park jaesun, apus   //   reviewing  

RATIO:  lyra 4/8    crux 5/8    ursa 5/8    apus 6/8    vela 5/8

[astrogeoguy]

The Slim Moon Slips by Saturn, Some Meteors malinger, and the Pretty Pleiades warns of Winter!

(Above: This image of the Pleiades star Cluster in Taurus, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, was taken by Stuart Norman of Toronto, from the RASC Toronto Centre’s observatory near Collingwood, Ontario on October 20, 2017. The glowing blue nebulosity is a gas cloud that is sitting between us and the distant cluster.)

Stargazing News for this week (from October 22nd, 2017) by Chris Vaughan. (Feel free to pass this along to friends and send me your comments, questions, and suggested topics.) I post these with photos at http://astrogeoguy.tumblr.com/ where the old editions are archived. You can also follow me on Twitter as @astrogeoguy! Unless otherwise noted, all times are Eastern Time. Please click this MailChimp link to subscribe to these emails. If you are a teacher or group leader interested joining me on a guided field trip to the York University Observatory, visit www.astrogeo.ca. 

My latest column for Space.com is all about the upcoming meteor shower season. You can find it here. 

Public Events

At 7:30 pm on Wednesday evening, October 25th the public are invited to attend a free RASC Toronto Centre Speaker’s Night Meeting at the Ontario Science Centre (Room TBD, just follow the signs). The speaker is Professor Ralph Chou, Professor Emeritus, Optometry & Vision Science, University of Waterloo, presenting These old eyes - they ain't what they used to be! Details are on the RASC website here. 

Taking advantage of the Moon, Saturn, and some favorite objects in the sky this week, the RASC Toronto Centre astronomers will hold their free monthly public City Sky Star Party in Bayview Village Park (steps from the Bayview subway station), around 7 pm on the first clear weeknight this week (except Wed and Fri). You don’t need to be an RASC member, or own any equipment, to join in. Check here for details, and check the banner on their website home page or Facebook page for the GO or NO-GO decision around 5 pm each day. 

Eastern GTA sky watchers are invited to join the RASC Toronto Centre and Durham Skies for stargazing at the edge of Lake Ontario in Millennium Square in Pickering on Friday evening, October 27th, from 6 pm to 11 pm. Details are here. Before heading out, check the RASCTC home page for a Go/No-Go call in case it's too cloudy to observe. 

Other events this week include:

On Sunday, October 22 at 1 pm, the downtown U of T Planetarium presents Halloween Themed Planetarium Show (kid friendly). (Details here.) On Monday, October 23, 2017 at 8 pm, U of T's Dunlap Institute presents a free public evening focusing on Dark Matter. (Details here.) On Tuesday, October 24 at 7 pm, the College/Shaw Library presents Earth's Battered Moon by Sara Mazrouei, a graduate student of University of Toronto. (Details here.) On Thursday, October 26 at 7:30 pm, the Ontario Science Centre presents astronaut Scott Kelly in Conversation. (Tickets and details here.) On Friday, October 27 at 6 pm, Gallery 44 hosts the opening of Nathan Cyprys’ art image exhibition “Cosmicchronos”. (Details are here.) 

The Moon and Planets

The moon spends this week in the evening sky, growing from a thin crescent hovering over the western horizon after sunset on Sunday, to a First Quarter moon in the southern sky on Friday evening.  The entire week will be perfect for exploring the moon’s delights, both visually, and through binoculars and telescopes. The zone along the boundary separating the lit and dark sides is especially enthralling �� as this is where the sun’s rays are lighting up peaks and casting long dramatic shadows from them. All this at a convenient time! 

(Above: This week, the slim crescent moon will traverse the Milky Way, hopping over Saturn (at centre) from Tuesday to Wednesday evening. The sky is shown at 8 pm local time.)

The moon will also be crossing the Milky Way while still slim enough not to outshine it. The Milky Way, the concentrated band of stars, gas, and dust that traces the plane of our galaxy across the sky, rises from the southern horizon in evening and arcs overhead towards the north. On Monday night, the moon will sit on the western outskirts of the Milky Way and about a palm’s width to the right of Saturn, which is the medium bright yellowish object partway up the southwestern sky as the evening darkens. Saturn sets in the west about 9 pm local time this week. On Tuesday night, the slightly thicker moon’s crescent will hop to sit squarely within the Milky Way, about a palm’s width to Saturn’s upper left. Finally, on Wednesday night, the moon will land on the eastern edge of the Milky Way. 

Blue-green Uranus reached opposition and peak brightness last Thursday, when the Earth moved directly between it and the sun, making us closest to it for the year. It is situated between the two chains of stars that form Pisces (the Fishes). It’s about two fist diameters (20°) above the southeastern sky at dusk and observable for the rest of the night in binoculars under a dark sky (or telescopes, the rest of the time) as it crosses the sky. To help guide you, there’s a medium-bright star called Omicron Piscium a generous finger’s width to the lower left of Uranus. Viewing the planet on any evening for a week or two on either side of opposition is nearly as good. 

Tiny blue Neptune is located in the southern evening sky about half a finger’s width below the medium-bright star Hydor in Aquarius (the Water-Bearer). It is observable from full darkness until midnight, but it is too faint to be seen without a telescope. 

(Above: Venus and Mars grace the morning pre-dawn sky this week, with Venus descending daily while much dimmer Mars climbs. The sky is shown at 7 am local time on Tuesday, October 24)

This week, extremely bright Venus continues to drop daily in the eastern pre-dawn sky as it swings sunwards. The planet should be easily seen for about an hour, once it rises at about 6 am local time. Much dimmer and reddish tinted Mars sits about a fist’s diameter to the upper right of Venus. Mars rises about 5 am, an hour before Venus.  

Bright Stars to Look For

As the evening sky darkens, a number of bright stars will pop into view this time of year. The Summer Triangle, composed of the stars Vega in Lyra (the Harp), Altair in Aquila (the Eagle), and Deneb in Cygnus (the Swan), are still prominent in the southwestern sky after dark. Aquila, on the bottom left (south) sets around 1:30 am and Vega, on the right (north) sets around 3 am local time. Deneb, which marks the swan’s tail feathers, is the highest of the three and nearly overhead in mid-evening. The great bird truly appears to be flying south for the winter, down the starry river of the Milky Way, until it returns late next spring. 

The very bright star twinkling low in the west until about 8:30 pm is Arcturus. Unlike airplanes, Arcturus won’t flash on and off, or move left to right. 

Turning to face north, you’ll see the Big Dipper practically resting flat along the northern horizon. Looking farther to the right (or east), the very bright star, yellow Capella will catch your eye. Capella is the first harbinger of our favorite winter constellations. Its home constellation, roughly circular Auriga (the Charioteer) leads Taurus (the Bull), and then Gemini and Orion, up from the east as the evening wears on. After 8 pm, you should be able to spot the bright little Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, low over the eastern horizon. 

(Above: In addition to the bright stars of the summer triangle constellations overhead in the west, the northern horizon features bright Arcturus setting in early evening, the Big Dipper, and the bright yellowish Capella off the the northeast. The Pleiades star cluster is labelled M45 at the lower right. The sky is shown at 8:10 pm local time.)

Orionid Meteor Shower

The excellent annual Orionid Meteor Shower peaked this weekend, but you can continue to watch for a reduced number of them until the shower officially ends on November 14. The meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, but will only be true Orionids if they are moving in a direction away from a location (the radiant) above the bright red star Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion. Although not too prolific, Orionids are known for being bright and fast-moving. Happy hunting! 

Zodiacal Light

From now through the end of October, the nearly vertical morning ecliptic favors the appearance of zodiacal light in the eastern sky for about half an hour before dawn. Look for a broad wedge of brightening centred on the ecliptic (i.e., surrounding Venus and Mars). It’s reflected sunlight from interplanetary particles that are concentrated in the plane of the solar system. I posted a picture here.

Keep looking up to enjoy the sky! I love getting questions so, if you have any, send me a note. 

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Regardez-moi ce bout de chou de presque quatre mois : Lyra 😍

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Dotpict Pixeldump 2017

After getting interested with sprite art after making the assets for my Intro to Game Development class, I installed the dotpict app to start drawing pixel art on my phone. This is still a nice app to do prototyping when I’m not home on Aseprite.

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July - August - September 2017 Sketchdump

Went back to the fundamentals in August with Peter Han’s ellipse grinding videos. Also drew some zoo animals.

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June 2017 Sketchdump

Studies and Lyra

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March - April 2017 Sketchdump

Before 2017 end, anybody wanna see my progress?

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Inktober 2017 Day 11 - Run

Didn’t get a chance to color this one because I had difficulties redrawing it on the marker safe paper, regardless I still wanted to check off Day 11 with this drawing of Lyra running in a new dress design, same boots tho.

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Inktober 2017 Day 4 - Underwater

I last drew this character back in Feb of last year. I wanted to model it more after the Chromodoris Willani with this tail