astronomer

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noun as·tron·o·mer \ə-ˈsträ-nə-mər\

Definition of astronomer

: a person who is skilled in astronomy or who makes observations of celestial phenomena

Recent Examples of astronomer from the Web

An amateur astronomer for more than 40 years, McCague built the telescope using common hardware store items and donated it to the college.

— Daily Southtown, "Community news", 5 July 2017
This KC exploration promises to awaken your inner astronomer and artist.

— kara lewis,, kansascity, "Ink in July: Muse at the Nelson, Violent Femmes and Bridal Spectacular", 3 July 2017
Nick Howes, an astronomer and former deputy director of the Kielder Observatory in Northumberland said in an interview with IFLScience.

— Fox News, "Russia may launch the brightest 'star' in the sky", 30 June 2017
An amateur astronomer could train a backyard telescope on an area where the LSST has spotted something interesting, for example, and make his or her own observations.

— katherine long, The Seattle Times, "By teaching computers to track asteroids, UW scientists may save the Earth", 29 June 2017
Since May 28, every one of the Angels’ regulars—with the notable exception of Albert Pujols, the only one of them besides Trout at whom astronomers have ever gawked—has boosted his OPS.

— ben reiter, SI.com, "Mike Trout is injured, but the Angels have only improved during his absence", 29 June 2017
Astronomers have used those telescopes to help measure the giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way, and to find and confirm planetary bodies outside our solar system, including potentially habitable planets.

— jonathan wolfe, New York Times, "Jerry Nelson, Designer of the Segmented Telescope, Dies at 73", 21 June 2017
Kepler isn't the only way astronomers have found exoplanets and even potentially habitable ones.

— seth borenstein, Esquire, "NASA Discovered 10 More Planets That Could Sustain Life", 20 June 2017
In order to peer into these regions, astronomers would need to use a radio telescope.

— avery thompson, Popular Mechanics, "If Stars Are Born in Pairs, Why Is Ours Single?", 16 June 2017

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