Comments on: Is there any careers in astronomy other than just being an astronomer? http://chaoticastronomy.com/astronomy/is-there-any-careers-in-astronomy-other-than-just-being-an-astronomer Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:26:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Liverpool Asbah http://chaoticastronomy.com/astronomy/is-there-any-careers-in-astronomy-other-than-just-being-an-astronomer/comment-page-1#comment-5 Liverpool Asbah Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:35:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/astronomy/is-there-any-careers-in-astronomy-other-than-just-being-an-astronomer#comment-5 An astronaut or a janitor working for astronomers<br><b>References : </b><br> An astronaut or a janitor working for astronomers
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]]> By: eri http://chaoticastronomy.com/astronomy/is-there-any-careers-in-astronomy-other-than-just-being-an-astronomer/comment-page-1#comment-4 eri Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:11:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/astronomy/is-there-any-careers-in-astronomy-other-than-just-being-an-astronomer#comment-4 You'd need a PhD in astronomy to get a job as an astronomer, and if you wanted to go to grad school in astronomy, you should be majoring in physics. With a bachelors in astronomy, you could teach high school, maybe get a job at a museum, or maybe get a job as a research assistant. I know a few people who have jobs as research assistants, but they're hard to find because it's cheaper to hire a grad student to do the same work. Your best bet would be to get a job with NASA, a large lab, or an observatory. These jobs are few and far between, so you'd have to be wiling to move. Astronomy is a subfield of physics, so yes, it's going to require a lot of math - at least calculus I and II, probably linear algebra and differential equations.<br><b>References : </b><br>PhD student in physics, astrophysics You’d need a PhD in astronomy to get a job as an astronomer, and if you wanted to go to grad school in astronomy, you should be majoring in physics. With a bachelors in astronomy, you could teach high school, maybe get a job at a museum, or maybe get a job as a research assistant. I know a few people who have jobs as research assistants, but they’re hard to find because it’s cheaper to hire a grad student to do the same work. Your best bet would be to get a job with NASA, a large lab, or an observatory. These jobs are few and far between, so you’d have to be wiling to move.

Astronomy is a subfield of physics, so yes, it’s going to require a lot of math – at least calculus I and II, probably linear algebra and differential equations.
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]]> By: physicsdude2014 http://chaoticastronomy.com/astronomy/is-there-any-careers-in-astronomy-other-than-just-being-an-astronomer/comment-page-1#comment-3 physicsdude2014 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:35:59 +0000 http://chaoticastronomy.com/astronomy/is-there-any-careers-in-astronomy-other-than-just-being-an-astronomer#comment-3 There are other things you can do with a degree like that, but they are all going to have a lot of math. My astronomy program required me to take calc 3, differential equations 1 & 2, and a few others.<br><b>References : </b><br> There are other things you can do with a degree like that, but they are all going to have a lot of math. My astronomy program required me to take calc 3, differential equations 1 & 2, and a few others.
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