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Astronomy

Astronomy. By: Emily and Roxy. What does an astronomer do?. Typical days don’t include looking through a telescope Attend meetings, work at desks, work on computers Study objects by observing light they give off or reflect and their movements

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Astronomy

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  1. Astronomy By: Emily and Roxy

  2. What does an astronomer do? • Typical days don’t include looking through a telescope • Attend meetings, work at desks, work on computers • Study objects by observing light they give off or reflect and their movements • Astronomers are scientists that study planets, stars and galaxies

  3. Schooling • Aboutten yearsof college • You should takemath, science, and computing in highschoolto be an astronomer • For college the bachelor of science inastronomy is the best degree

  4. Astronomer’s pay • Assistant professor in astronomy can make $45,000 to $50,000 for nine months • $100,000 a year with several years of experience

  5. 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.

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

  7. Bibliography http://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 do http://bellaonline.com/articles/art42856.asp • Meteor information in interesting facts • Star information in interesting facts.

  8. Bibliography continued http://en.wikipedia.org/Galileo_Galilei • Galileo’s birth and death • Discoveries/inventions • His birth place http://www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=60103&id1=J8011http://www.careers.govt.nz/default.aspx?id0=60103&id1=J80115 • $100,000 a year info http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=24 • Info on bachelor of science in astronomy degree

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