Help with Astronomy Jobs?

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I know I want to do astronomy as a job, but what exactly are the jobs you can do with that?
Is there even a job I could do?
 
There aren't a lot of jobs in the astronomy field if you don't have a PhD in the subject. You can get plenty of other jobs with a degree in astronomy (or better yet a degree in physics, which would give you a lot more job options and actually be better for applying for grad school in astronomy than just an astronomy degree) but not many in astronomy itself. Without a PhD, you could teach high school or community college (with a masters) and work as a data analyst or research assistant for national labs or NASA. With a PhD, you could work for colleges and universities, national labs and observatories, and NASA.
 
The basic astronomy job is to do astronomy, or to teach astronomy (or both). If you want to see what jobs there are, go to nasa.gov or astronomy .com or by Astronomy magazine.
 
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