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Astronomy
By: Emily and Roxy
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What does an astronomer do?
Typical days don’t include looking through a telescopeAttend meetings, work at desks, work on computersStudy objects by observing light they give off or reflect and their movementsAstronomers are scientists that study planets, stars and galaxies
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Schooling
About ten years of collegeYou should take math, science, and computing in high school to be an astronomerFor college the bachelor of science in astronomy is the best degree
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Astronomer’s payAssistant professor in astronomy can make $45,000 to $50,000 for nine months$100,000 a year with several years of experience
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Interesting facts about astronomy
• Many meteors you flying through the sky are about the size of a grain of rice.
• The biggest known star is about 2,000 times the radius of the sun and about 30 times larger.
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Galileo Galilei
• Born February 15, 1564• Born in Pisa, Italy• Died January 8, 1642.• Discovered Jupiter’s four moons• Made a more improved telescope
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Bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer• What they do• It is physical science.http://www.noao.edu/education/astfaq.html• Pay• What you should know to be an astronomer• School• More about what they dohttp://bellaonline.com/articles/art42856.asp• Meteor information in interesting facts• Star information in interesting facts.
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Bibliography continuedhttp://en.wikipedia.org/Galileo_Galilei• Galileo’s birth and death• Discoveries/inventions• His birth placehttp://www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=60103&id1=J8011http://
www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=60103&id1=J80115• $100,000 a year infohttp://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=24• Info on bachelor of science in astronomy degree
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