What Are the Different Astronomy Jobs?

Amateur astronomy is an activity performed by people who are interested and interested in observing celestial bodies. That is, night sky or daytime observation targets or photographic activities undertaken by astronomy enthusiasts in the usual sense are usually observed using mobile telescopes, binoculars and the naked eye.

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Although scientific research is not its main purpose for most astronomy enthusiasts; in the depiction and observation of sunspots, photographic observations of asteroids tracking planets, observation reports of comets, meteors, moon cover stars, and even planet cover stars, Comet discovery has contributed a lot. These achievements are still one of the important ways to attract other fans to continue to contribute. Especially when there is no professional observatory and special long-term observation device.

Some astronomy enthusiasts often carry out large-scale collective stargazing activities (for several days in a row) to observe each other's experiences and parties, and use telescope experiences. Such collective activities are called star parties, especially in the United States and Japan. It is more popular, and China has also started this activity.

Unlike professional astronomy, many amateur astronomers do not take scientific research as their main goal. But it is undoubtedly helpful for scientific work, and the work of many amateur astronomers has contributed a lot to the database of professional astronomers. Astronomy is often advertised as one of the few sciences in which amateurs can still contribute useful information.

The contribution of amateur astronomers is mainly the collection of data. To be clear, the use of a large number of small telescopes by many amateur astronomers is far more effective than a few professional astronomers using a small number of large telescopes. The existence of some groups, such as the Backyard Astrophysics Center [1], has contributed a lot.

In particular, amateur astronomers are

There are astronomical societies made up of many amateur astronomers around the world, and conferences bring together people interested in astronomy. These people may be interested in observations or theories, or they may simply be interested in the subject of the party. Societies can have ambitious goals, based on a variety of factors, such as geographic extension, local environment, size, and number of members. In general, a regional community in a medium-sized city can regularly invite lectures, so that

There are many different sizes and forms of amateur astronomical telescopes, which can be made by yourself or purchased in shopping malls, and the people who use them will have different special needs.

In addition to optical equipment, amateur astronomers use many different kinds of tools, such as star charts and special computer software. There are various types of astronomy software, from astrological software programs that can simulate the conditions of the sky to various software that can use various methods to calculate astronomical phenomena.

Most amateur astronomers also record the results of observations. Normally, you can use a standard observation log to record in detail what celestial bodies (targets) were observed, and describe what phenomena you saw.

There are many ways to enter amateur astronomy and study the night sky. One option is to join the local astronomy community, who are usually happy to assist new entrants) in various activities. Some people prefer pure self-study. In this case, many astronomy books can be borrowed from the local library.

Usually the goals of the initial observation are

When learning astronomical observation for the first time, it is best to

Astronomers are an indispensable force in the cause of astronomy. Many famous astronomers have made great contributions to the development of astronomy. Many amateur astronomers have even turned into professional astronomers later. The most active areas for astronomy enthusiasts are the frequent observations and discoveries of novas, comets and variable stars, as well as many fleeting astronomical phenomena, which also require the cooperation of astronomy enthusiasts. The following are some of the achievements of amateur astronomers in history, I hope to encourage our astronomy enthusiasts:

French Lakain (1713 ~ 1762): From 1751 to 1753, the parallax of the moon was measured, the Nantian star table was compiled, and 14 southern constellations were named.

Brisbane (1829 ~ 1891): The first time to use the "rank method" to study variable stars, it is recommended to set the brightness ratio of two adjacent magnitudes to (100) 1/5, which is 2.512. This magnitude system has been in use .

British Carrington (1826 ~ 1875): The brewery operator. In 1859, he found that the sun rotates at different latitudes and studied the sunspot distribution of the sunspot.

German Spiller (1822 ~ 1895): In 1894, statistical analysis was made on a large number of sunspot observation data, and the law of the latitude distribution of sunspots was obtained, that is, "Spoller's Law".

Huggins, British (1824-1910): When he was young, he was engaged in commerce. In 1856, he built a private observatory and worked there for a lifetime. He was a pioneer of astrospectroscopy. He first applied spectral analysis to stellar research and applied photography to spectroscopic research; he used the Doppler effect to measure the star's apparent velocity.

Roberts, British (1829 ~ 1904): Architect, took many pictures of nebulae and star clusters in 1885, which could be the beginning of modern nebula research.

British Francias Bailey (1774 ~ 1844): a stockbroker who only had formal education in primary school; in 1836, the observation of the solar eclipse discovered the phenomenon of "Belly beads". He is also the founder of the Royal Astronomical Society of the United Kingdom and the president of the four sessions.

American Barnard (1857-1923): Once a professional photographer, later became an outstanding observing astronomer. He independently discovered 14 comets and discovered Rizhao, which was later hired by the Rick Observatory and Ye Kai Shi Observatory to discover Europa. He pioneered galactic photography. In 1916, he found a star that reached 10 .31 on its own and was named Barnard Star. He had almost no formal education in his childhood, and became an amateur astronomer by self-study and hard observation, and then among the astronomers. For the ranks of professional astronomers.

American Zhang Dele (1846 ~ 1913): once an insurance statistician who only worked at the Harvard Observatory in middle age; in 1891, two periods of 12-month and 14-month periods of earth axis swing were discovered, the latter said Swing for "Zhangdler".

French Flammion (1842 ~ 1925): Journalist, later became the most outstanding astronomy popularization worker. His work "Popular Astronomy" was all the rage, and it was an important astronomy popular science work. He founded a private observatory and made observations of the planet's surface; in 1887 he founded the French Astronomical Society.

William Herschel, British (1738-1822): a former musician, living in poverty, hard-working and hard-working, making telescopes by himself, successfully observing the nebula, the ring of Saturn, the moon's surface, and sunspots; especially he found Uranus; he has compiled hundreds of binary star lists, as well as lists of nebulae and star clusters, including 2,500 nebulae and star clusters. In 1821 he became the first president of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Chinese amateur astronomy is relatively backward compared to foreign countries, but there are also many people with lofty ideals to promote the development of Chinese amateur astronomy. Here are some of the Chinese astronomy enthusiasts we know well.

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Happy (amateur astronomer, who has discovered Comet Chen Gao, Comet Yang Gao, Comet Swan-Xingming, Winner of the two-time Eg Wilson Comet Award, Founder of Xinjiang Star Tomorrow Station, and the asteroid 204710 named after him He is also one of the most astronomical enthusiasts in the world who have discovered new celestial bodies.)

Ye Quanzhi (Astronomer, one of the discoverers of Comet Lulin, assisted Taiwan Lulin Observatory in the discovery of hundreds of asteroids, and was one of the pioneers in the field of amateur astronomy surveys in China, studying astronomy related studies in Canada)

Sun Guoyou (Senior astronomy enthusiast, Swan-Xingming Comet Discoverer, China's first Milky Way nova V5582 SGR discoverer, his astronomical discovery includes comets, supernovas, novas, asteroids, dwarf novas, etc., is a new discovery in the world One of the most astronomical lovers of celestial bodies.)

Chen Tao (The discoverer of Comet Chen Gao, winner of the 2008 Comet Eg Wilson Award, in recognition of his contribution in the amateur astronomy community, the International Astronomical Union will name the asteroid No. 19873 as "Chen Taoxing")

Zhang Daqing (discoverer of "Ichigani-Comet Zhang", winner of the Egger Wilson Comet Award, winner of Zhang Yuzhe Comet Award)

Yang Rui (founder of Comet Yang Gao, winner of the 2009 Comet Eg Wilson Award)

Jin Zhangwei (Senior astronomy enthusiast, Jay Chou asteroid discoverer. 14 supernovas and hundreds of NEAT asteroids have been found.)

Ruan Jiangao (Senior astronomy enthusiast, the first Chinese enthusiast to discover exonova, the first Chinese comet STEREO, he also found dozens of SOHO comets)

Xu Zhijian (Senior astronomy enthusiast, has found eleven supernovas, dozens of asteroids, hundreds of SOHO comets.)

Sun Yuanyuan (Senior astronomy enthusiast, has discovered a supernova, hundreds of SOHO comets.)

Chen Donghua (Fujian amateur astronomer, in recognition of his contribution in the amateur astronomy community, the International Astronomical Union will name the asteroid of 19872 as "Chen Donghuaxing")

Ouyang Tianjing (Senior instructor in Wuhan, introducing foreign meteor observation methods, and contributing to the improvement of the astronomical observation level in the mainland)

Su Hua (Senior astronomy enthusiast, well-known comet hunter, he has found more than 200 SOHO comets, one of the most found comets in the world.)

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Liao Qingqi (the first curator of the Hong Kong Space Museum and the first Chinese astronomy lover in Hong Kong history, it can be said to be Hong Kong's "astronomical wasteland".)

Yang Guangyu (current president of the Hong Kong Astronomical Society, has found more than 2,000 near-Earth asteroids.)

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Lin Qisheng (one of the discoverers of Comet Lulin)

Yang Changchi (Retired teacher in Taiwan, president of the China Astronomical Association at the front desk, has given lectures on astronomy popular science in Taiwan and in mainland China many times, and the response has been great.)

Cai Yuansheng (Taiwan astronomy enthusiast, "Kaohsiung Star" discoverer, Taiwan's first amateur supernova discoverer)