Articles Tagged with astronomers

What kind of scientist?

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Astronomers of different eras

We note that different kinds of people have become astronomers, depending on when they worked.

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Old-fashioned astronomers (I)

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Arlo Landolt

The importance of calibration.

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Working from a snapshot

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Patient astronomers

People are rather ill-designed for astronomy.

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How it’s done

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Telescopes and databases

Astronomy changes.  So do the kind of people who become astronomers.

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Unfinished business

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Open-ended meetings

Our astronomer observes many loose ends.

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