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John makes a good but sad point!
I likewise thought about astronomy in my youth and did my Bsc (Hons) with a design study of the Isaac Newton Telescope.
A couple of professional astronomers I met said their biggest issue was getting time to do their research on one of the large telescopes. There are many more astronomers than there are research grade telescopes.
Something like a three year wait period for some programs on some telescopes.
Later in life there was an opportunity to work as a engineer at Siding Spring.
Even with the free house (up the mountain) the salary was about half that I was on.....with three kids etc etc. It wasn't a real option. Such is life.
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