This model is part of wider Dichotic theory of salience, according to which a stimulus is salient either when it is incongruent in a certain context to a perceiver's schema, or when it is congruent in a certain context to a perceiver's goal.
âThat first day in the Hayden Planetariumâ¦I looked up, the lights dimmed and stars came out, and I was called by the universe. I had no choice in the matter,â he says. From then on, Neil was determined to become an astrophysicist, someone who studies the stars and universe. He saved up for a telescope and spent his evenings studying the night sky on city rooftops. His stargazing habits were not necessarily well received however, as his neighbors would often report him for suspicious behavior.
7. Work out which area of astronomy you'd like to dedicate your career work to. As you become more and more specialized through your astronomy studies and experience, you'll need to choose the area of greatest interest to you.Generally, astronomers will specialize in such fields as planetary science, solar astronomy, the origin and evolution of stars, and the formation of galaxies.n this video, you have the opportunity to see what it's like to be an astronomer doing a visit to another observatory to collect data.