Watch Tell Me How Career Series: Astronomer

Tell Me How Career Series - Career Education & Opportunities for Young People. It explores a large number of career opportunities for young people and features real people doing real jobs. In this program, host Jeff Gardner learns about the role of an astronomer and makes discoveries as he looks to the stars. Subjects Covered Include: Careers related to an astronomer. Why do astronomers use telescopes? How long do you have to go to school to be an astronomer? Why is math important to be an astronomer? What is a black hole? What type of person makes a good astronomer? What are observatories and why are they usually on mountains? Why is astronomy the oldest science? Why do astronauts need to know about astronomy? What is the hubble telescope? Why should you not look directly at the sun? Are computers important to astronomers? Why are astronomers looking through time?

Tell Me How Career Series: Astronomer is a 2015 special interest movie with a runtime of 13 minutes.