How to use an astronomy table in Hogwarts Legacy

There are 15 astronomy table puzzles to complete.

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As you fly about the World Map in Hogwarts Legacy, you will come upon dozens of different puzzles and dungeons. One of the most common puzzles is astronomy tables, which have you align the shape of a constellation with the actual stars in the sky. They’re pretty easy to solve and can give you a good chunk of experience points each time you complete one. However, you must first unlock astronomy tables before you can participate in these puzzles.

In this guide, I’ll go over how to unlock astronomy tables and then explain how to solveHogwarts Legacy’s astronomy table puzzles.

Hogwarts Legacy: How to unlock astronomy tables

You will not be able to engage with the astronomy tables until you have completed the Astronomy Class main quest. This unlocks fairly early on in your Hogwarts Legacy playthrough. It’s the many fun sidequests and puzzles like the astronomy tables that help make this one of thebest PC gamesandbest Xbox gamesout there.

Hogwarts Legacy: How to use astronomy tables

In order to use an astronomy table, it must be nighttime. If it is currently day or that murky time between day and night then the astronomy table won’t let you interact with it. To change this, go to the world map and press the Wait button (F on PC, Right stick on Xbox) and then confirm to make the time of day change.

Note:Once you solve an astronomy table puzzle, you will not be able to interact with the table anymore and the Moon icon will be removed from the map. However, it will still glow if you castRevelio.

When it is nighttime, go up and interact with the astronomy table (F on Windows).

Look at the bottom right of the screen and you’ll see you can both zoom in and out as well as rotate the constellation left or right. Additionally, some astronomy tables require you to adjust the telescope aim slightly (using your mouse or joystick) to get the constellation right. The goal is to move the telescope around until the blue constellation outline matches up with the bright stars behind it.

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If it seems like you’ve got the constellation lined up correctly, but it isn’t activating then tweak the zoom, rotation, or viewing angle just slightly until the puzzle is solved.

Once everything lines up correctly, a drawing will appear and you’ll be able to see what the constellation is intended to represent. Now you can move on to another astronomy table.

Hogwarts Legacy: All 15 Astronomy table locations and solutions

There are a grand total of 15 astronomy tables dotting the Hogwarts Legacy World Map. Once you’ve unlocked astronomy tables, you can open your World Map and find them marked with a crescent moon symbol. Just head to these locations and you’ll be able to gather some easy experience points upon completing them.

Tip:If you’re having a hard time locating the astronomy table, useRevelioand if you’re close enough it will glow blue.

Hogwarts Legacy: Astronomy table rewards

Each time you complete an increment of five astronomy tables you unlock some Starry-Eyed cosmetics. To get your Astronomy table rewards go to Menu → Challenges → Exploration and scroll down to Find Astronomy Tables. You’ll need to click on each reward to redeem them before they show up in the change appearance menu. Here are all of the astronomy table rewards you can unlock:

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These puzzles can either be really easy for you or really difficult depending on how things go. Some constellations have far more stars in them than others making it a bit harder to know what orientation they should have. However, if you take some time to zoom in or out, rotate right or left, and adjust the angle of the telescope using your mouse or joystick you’ll get these astronomy table puzzles solved in no time

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