An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

A person who engages in astronomy as a pastime rather than as a profession. → amateur astronomy. See also → professional astronomer.

→ amateur; → astronomer.

One who specializes in astronomy. → professional astronomer, → amateur astronomer.

Astronomer, from → astronomy + → -er.

Axtaršenâs has a long history in Persian; it is abundantly used by Ferdowsi (A.D. 950-1020) in his great work Šâhnâmé (Shahnameh); from axtar "star" → astro- + šenâs contraction of šenâsandé "expert, knowlegeable, skilled," from šenâxtan "to know, to recognize." → astronomy.

A person who practices astronomy as a profession rather than as a hobby, in contrast to an → amateur astronomer.

→ professional; → astronomer.

A professional astronomer who works within a specified observatory or research group.

→ staff; → astronomer.