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Originally Posted by star1961
do many people on here study astronomy at university or are you mostly self-taught? is your knowledge base mostly in photography or do you delve further into the origins of the universe and star types etc? gravitational wave theory, string theory etc? just curious
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Hi and welcome Lisa,
I would think that there would be many different stories on how people that post on IIS came to astronomy and I am sure they would have many different interests within it.
It really is probably inconsequential. The most important thing is to have passion and follow up on things that
interest you.
I came to astronomy probably later in life than most at about age 34, courtesy of a fellow worker on the Broken Hill mines. He also now posts on IIS, Kinetic AKA Steve.
When I finished work on the mines I commenced a Grad Cert Sc in Astronomy with Swinburne University to try and gain a better understanding about what made the objects that I observed with my scope, appear the way they did.
It was an incredibly satisfying couple of years, just so stimulating and for me, it was most definitely worthwhile. I found the research that I had to do for my projects and essays just so informative and often, information that I stumbled across on totally unrelated subjects was just so interesting and I was fortunate to have excellent unit instructors and project supervisors.
I think we each probably follow different paths on our journeys through astronomy, no particular path is necessarily better or worst than another. Far and away the most important thing is to enjoy the journey.
You will find that the deeper you delve into Astronomy the more questions you will ask. Its sort of like, the more you learn, you realize, the less you know. This is not a bad thing and really does underline the Life Long Learning mantra that stems from our tertiary institutions.
Don't know if this makes sense but these are my thoughts.
Regards
Trevor