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Originally Posted by Not
I've talked at some length with real life Astronomers, and dabbled a bit in college (not proud of it). My sense is that Radio Astronomy, Observational Astronomy and Cosmology are entirely different disciplines, in that you can excel in one without having any acquaintance with the other two. For example, you can be a radio astronomer of the first rank without ever staying up after dark.
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I have an MS and Astronomy, and teach an Astronomy elective at the college level. I would say those would make excellent optional specialties.