Astronomer Job Description

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Astronomer provides skyfall events analysis and conducts observations of meteors and their parent bodies. Creates monthly reports to the national observatory lead on program status as a part of status meeting updates.

Astronomer Duties & Responsibilities

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Delivering quick-turnaround characterizations of skyfall events to the MEO customer

Analyzing observational data collected from telescopes, cameras, radiometers or other instrumentation

Conducting observations of meteors and their parent bodies

Assisting in the development of models of the meteoroid environment, including meteor showers

Presenting results to the NASA customer and at conferences

Publishing results in appropriate journals

Developing, and assisting in the development of, models pertaining to the meteoroid environment, including meteor showers

Conducting observations of lunar impact flashes, meteors, and their parent bodies

Publishing results in the appropriate journals

Reduce and analyze data from ground-based high-contrast imaging instruments, the Hubble Space Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope, ALMA, Gaia, and all other new or existing data pertinent to debris disk science

Astronomer Qualifications

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Education for Astronomer

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Employers hiring for the astronomer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Astronomy, Physics, Graduate, Science, Electronics, Mathematics, Astrophysics, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Spanish

Skills for Astronomer

Desired skills for astronomer include:

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Desired experience for astronomer includes:

Must have received a Master’s degree in Astronomy, Physics, or similar field from an accredited institution

Must have received a Doctorate degree in Astronomy, Physics, or similar field from an accredited institution, along with having at least five years’ experience in said fields

Apply their expertise in modeling grain emission and scattering from disks to interpret the results

Will be expected to write observing and funding proposals, lead observing runs, write peer-reviewed manuscripts, give presentations at conferences, and co-supervise postdoctoral fellow(s) and student(s)

PhD or equivalent international degree required at the time of application

Minimum three years of postdoctoral experience working on high-contrast imaging and debris disks

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