Signs you are an astronomer
1. When asked what your favorite past time is, you respond with, “Stargazing”.
2. You spend more time looking at the sky than you do eating/sleeping
3. You know all the stories behind each constellation
4. You know the Latin name for “Big Dipper” and what it means in English.
5. You spend an excessive amount of time on Skyandtelescope.com for the weekly “Sky at a Glance”
6. You own a telescope
7. You made a telescope
8. Your room is decorated with planets, stars, moons, etc.
9. Your bed spread is astronomy themed
10. You follow Scistronomy (this doesn’t mean you’re an astronomer, it just means you’re awesome).
11. You have NASA’S app downloaded on your phone
12. You follow NASA on Twitter
13. You follow SpaceX on Twitter
14. You understand black holes
15. You even understand the space time continuum
16. You can explain what a binary star system is.
17. You know what the name of the nearest black hole is
18. You introduce yourself as, “Hi, I’m -Insert Name-, and I’m an astronomer.


















