Astronomy

By: Emily and Roxy

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

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

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

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.

Galileo Galilei

• Born February 15, 1564• Born in Pisa, Italy• Died January 8, 1642.• Discovered Jupiter’s four moons• Made a more improved telescope

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.

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