What are some Field in astronomy?

Question

What are some Field in astronomy?

Answer 1

i was wondering this myself, i think astronomers typically become researchers, get gov't grants to try to find new planets, asteroids that might hit earth, etc... or become teachers, or are just rich as heck and don't have to work.  

Answer 2

If you mean what are fields astronomers study, well, there's atmospheric science, solar physics, planetary science, stellar astronomy, galactic astronomy, and cosmology - and everything in between, and broken up again by wavelength/energy and the down even further - such as young stars, cool stars, dwarf stars, main sequence stars, T Tauri stars, etc - there are literally thousands of areas to study.

If you mean where do astronomers work, you're looking at universities (teaching and doing research), national labs (doing research), and for NASA.