The development and study of Star Magic both depended on observing celestial bodies, but the original Star Magic focused on specific celestial bodies and paid little attention to the astronomical phenomena they produced.
That was probably because Star Magic's place of origin had few complex astronomical phenomena.
Since Manus intended to adapt Star Magic to this world, he naturally wouldn't overlook an eclipse, a phenomenon of immense astronomical and symbolic value.
But that was also the problem. Even though he had never experienced one, a phenomenon that valuable was very likely to be extremely dangerous to observe with Star Magic.
Unless inspiration struck him twice a week on average from here on out, Manus was unlikely to complete his Astral Robe before next May. That made it essential to start preparing other protective measures now.
"The Astronomical Observation Room?"
If he materialized the Mage Tower's Astronomical Observation Room separately and moved it into the real world, it could function as a standalone structure—provided, of course, that he connected it to celestial power as an energy source.
It was also the strongest protection Manus could bring into use in a short time for Stargazing. Nothing else came close.
The problem was that Manus had yet to perfect his redesign of the Astronomical Observation Room. He hadn't even completed his Star Magic, so how could a room built around it be considered finished?
"Finish the current version of the Astronomical Observation Room first."
After weighing it briefly, Manus made his decision:
"Completely developing Star Magic is still a long way off. Even if I finish the Astral Robe, it'll only make Stargazing relatively safe. I can update the Astronomical Observation Room then, and I'll certainly have to update it again in the future."
Strictly speaking, solar eclipses weren't rare on Earth; there