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There are plenty of jobs outside of astronomy that astronomers are qualified to do and end up working at. Many astronomers end up working in programming, consulting, finance, IT, science communication, defense, teaching and administration jobs. AAS does a pretty good job providing profiles of...

Agreed - the other thing I would suggest is that even if you don't get a publication out of the project you should certainly try to present the results at say an IAU conference or a smaller topical conference. Most of these conferences have grants for students that help defray some of the...

One critical thing I would recommend to undergrads (even underclassmen!) if they're interested in astronomy is to try to find a way to participate in a research project. This can be in astronomy, physics or even engineering but one of the best ways to distinguish students from one another...