24 Hours In The Life Of An Astronomer

[Astronomy1996]

Astronomy is a great job but it's very hard to become one as the job field is very popular and it also requires a ph.D which means you have to stay as a student until your around 24 years old which means you need to go to university which now cost alot

[SSBBVideoKing]

@Astronomy1996 After they finish their bachelor's degree in college Astronomer's will have to apply to graduate school, but if that graduate school really has an interest in them (and their research), they will usually be paid to go to graduate school. With that said, a path in astronomy isn't necessarily for everyone since it requires so much time in academia

[HungerGames14]

:/

[xxxbombom3xxx]

Does anyone know how much money they earn in the us?

[SOyouTHINKurFUNNY]

i want to be an astronomer badly and im going to school for it

[ChRIs23696]

hey, i really want to become an astronomer, but i've heard that the pay isn't too great. this doesn't put me off at all, but can someone maybe clarify around how much astronomers make in the uk? thanks

[swissguy123]

@ChRIs23696 i would like to be an astronomer to :) i think the salaries goes from 60k to 100k, so i guess its nice

[thehill2240]

@swissguy123 not quite that high

[junior1984able]

r there lots of jobs out there for astronomers.,, ??

[Meejoe27]

So why do they have a 12 inch shitty LCD screen attached to such an incredible telescope?

What a strange place to pinch pennies considering the incredible cost of these stunning machines.

[mucman04]

Good stuff! thanks!

[Hipster420]

5 stars as always...And nice to know that somebody is looking for Brown Dwarfs. I would like to know what they came up with.

[AtheistThatsATheist]

Well a brown Dwarf is a failed star is it not? Like a planet between the size of Jupitor-the Sun. Sounds cool now that i think about it. Half way between a planet and a star. Why are you interested in them? Its not the planet-X thing is it :P

[jonnyhifi]

Fascinating : really intersting to see the reality of the coal face of astronomy...

thank you so much for making this.

So heartening that this is done to gradually increase our knowledge of the universe, so we no longer have to rely on a 2000 year old story book.

[jebus6kryst]

Wow, what an awesome job. I wish I could get a job like that.

[tsjoencinema]

Seems risky to choose astronomy as a career. Who's going fund you and so on?

[wwickeddogg]

I guess banker is much safer, oops.

[thejugglenaut91]

if you're an astronomer than you've probably finished a phd in astrophysics, a very rigorous and demanding field. You can do anything you want with an astrophysics phd.

[EUROSUN1]

Great Video! Thanks for sharing.

[xIntoThePitx]

It could of done without the guy in the speedo briefs.

[sheepwshotguns]

sounds like a pretty sweet job. you guys looking for someone without any experience or education in the necessary fields?

[FallenAngel0fDoom]

Hey, that building was in the Newest James Bond movie.

[eproulx]

Yes it is! Cool!

[iurak6868]

hey! that's my country they're talking about XD.

that observatory is well known.

i saw that same building on quantum of solace XP

[IrishMarc1]

The presenter looks like a tool.

[TitWarlord]

@IrishMarc1 LOL

[spencerschultz]

This is the time on Sprockets when we dance!

[Ormaaj]

I would imagine that the very distant sky would be relatively static over time. Why don't they just scan the entire sky at the highest depth and resolution that current technology allows to create a big general purpose repository of data to release publicly. Then anybody can just use it and nobody has to compete to collect mostly redundant data from telescopes.

[NoAntecessor]

The farther you look the smaller the point's total area. Hubble's ultra deep field image was the highest resolution image to date. To make it required images taken from September 2003 through January 2004. (Not a short period of time). The total area of what was studied from our view? 11.0 square arcminutes (1/10th the diameter of the full moon from our POV) To make a comparable total-universe image (aside from technical problems with brighter or occluded areas) would take eternity.

[Ormaaj]

That's true. I think I downloaded it once and it was like a gig of data.

[puncheex]

They have. Sky surveys is an all-the-time project that soaks up any unused or unusable instrument time, very much like running SETI at Home on your computer when you aren't actually viewing pr0n on the internet.

[ChairmanKiel]

Man, I love this series. I hope they keep it up. I didn't think much of Cosmology or Astronomy years ago, but a lot of what I've learned now makes it soooo much more exciting and interesting than I could have imagined.

[iDeist]

You figure with a modicum of intelligence and some money, these losers would learn some fashion sense.

[TheMathKing]

Fashion sense? For me, clothing is just a means to avoid going to prison for indecent exposure. Who cares about society and fashion when you have such interesting explorations in logic and science?

[iDeist]

Sorry, I'll take my logic and science with getting laid also.

[TheMathKing]

My wife is a dancer and a chemical engineer, I don't have any problems! A man isn't defined by his clothes, he is defined by how awesome he is. I have always been able to attract women in a simple t-shirt with messy hair. Women love somebody with extreme confidence, and you can't be more confident than some turd dressed up like these guys.

[iDeist]

LOL, Ok man. Listen, I'm not going to argue it with you. Only a daft person would try to make the argument that clothes dont matter at all. Sure, some people dont give a shit, but the masses do. Sorry, I like to have class, and mix that with my intelligence, and not look like a scrub, and a bum. You go run around in your ripped shirt, and I'll be out dancing with your wife. ;]

[TheMathKing]

It is a pointless argument, we both clearly have our priorities and interests outside of being smart. None of them, for me, are arguing on youtube and caring about "class". It's all about the mathbooks!

[viviane5572]

@TheMathKing science explains fashion lol

[GatorHighlights3]

...they're at work and it's cold and they sit around and look through a telescope. What the fuck are you expecting them to wear? What a dumbass comment.

[iDeist]

Dr. J doesn't dress like a total tool.

[GatorHighlights3]

lol yea but dude he's presenting the video. Plus, he's clearly a baller.

[iDeist]

you never know when Amy Mainzer might come rolling in and ask you look at your telescope haha ;]

[GatorHighlights3]

Hahahaha exactly

[IFloridaMotocrossI]

Thanks for posting this, FFreeThinker.

[TheOats]

Maybe I'm just slow, but who is the "users"?

[puncheex]

The users are astronomers (usually, but not always, academics) who use grant money to pay for time on an instrument which they think will give them the information they need. In some cases, there are more requests than time, so there is a committee that screens the requests, finding those that have the greater need, or that have a good production track record, or...whatever. Those are the users.

[TheOats]

I see.

[TheRichDarkEarth]

Didn't James Bond kick some ass at that "eco-hotel in the Bolivian desert" in Quantum of Solace?

[stefansv]

I was thinking the same thing.

[iurak6868]

yeap, but it's Chile, Bolivia it's a bit more to the north. Maybe in the movie they said it was all bolivia to simplify the storyline.

[antiantiantifahool]

sounds like a great job: watching sun sets, eating, swimming... awesome!

[puncheex]

It would be great for someone seeking peace. For a party-animal, it would probably be boring. For one thing, you'd have to really enjoy your job. Being a consultant, and assistant, as this fellow is, could be pleasant, but probably won't advance his career much until he makes science and publishes on his own. They may even allot time to their employees for that purpose.

It would also be just the thing for making contacts.

[Rockster969]

A good question answered.

[Jango370]

Sounds like an awesome job!

[BarronTD]

So is the speedo part of the uniform, or is it optional? :-P

Good vid. :-)

[TheExPlOiTeDOne619]

This is super cool. Awesome question answered: What the fuck do astronomers do?

[NeedsEvidence]

GERMAN ACCENT ALERT! AARGHHH!!!!

[RaindropsFantasia]

Why do you have to be so ignorant!?

[NeedsEvidence]

Hey, I am German, ok, so keep it cool:-)

[IFloridaMotocrossI]

Well, I'm going to need evidence for that.

[nishbrown]

Nice cape superman.

[Gerafix]

Astronomers get all the chicks.

[wOoL87]

In their dreams anyway.

[QweenMiranda1]

@Gerafix hahah yeeeah! :)))

[Cellsplitter]

I'm also up all night :P I'm gonna be an astronomer! lol

[arizonaviking]

Thanks for sharing this