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Questions About a Career in Astronomy

-- Tanya | October 24, 2020

Question:

Hello! I have a few questions about an Astronomy career that i really hope you could answer, please and thank you!
#1 How many years of training would i need after earning my bachelor’s degree to become a full time astronomer?
#2 Is it true that your starting wage would be $52.00?
#3 What does an astronomer do on a daily basis? Do they spend all their time just researching and analyzing data about Stars, Asteroids, etc?
#4 Would 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, be enough time to work as an astronomer?
I REALLY hope you can answer these for me!
Thank You Very Much
Tanya D.

-- Tanya

Answer:

I believe that there are quite a few answers to your questions about training, salary, daily activities, and work hours related to a career in astronomy in the archives of this blog. My suggestion is that you search for “career” using the search function of this blog to look at answers to similar questions regarding how to pursue scientific research as a profession.

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