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200 years ago would have been a great job in astronomy as lots of visual discoveries by looking thru a telescope ie Galilieo!
Nowadays, however to get paid in astronomy, you have to sell your product, ie telescopes and equipment, write for a magazine ie Australian Sky & Telescope or produce superb work like the Ed and sell your images.
To get funding, ouch.....
As the others have said, work with it, around it and hopefully you can have the best of both worlds. Get a job that has some link thru computers or a telescope shop and you can still get a wage and be involoved with astronomy.
Have you got a camera you can take some piccies thru your scope?
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