<p>@RhetoricCamel-</p>
<p>It’s going to be hard. You have to be very comfortable with higher level math. Honestly, you won’t know your aptitude with math until you take higher level math, BEGINNING with a year of college calculus. </p>
<p>The other drawback is that to be an astronomer you pretty much need to get a Ph.D. The thing is…in the physical sciences, scientists do their best work early in their careers (20s and 30s). In biology and the humanities, it’s much later because of the enormous amounts of information you need to master first.</p>
<p>So you will be 37-40 by the time you are ready to begin your astronomy career, competing for jobs with those getting their Ph.Ds in their 20s and early 30s. And “that” first job you’ll compete for will most likely be a postdoc job.</p>
<p>I know many scientists personally because I worked for a tech company that employed many of them. Also, my brother is a biotech scientist and my cousin is a scientist with Ph.D in electrical engineering. My other cousin got a masters in engineering from MIT but had to drop out of the Ph.D program because she has a family.</p>
<p>My point is you must be absolutely sure you have the desire, motivation, AND aptitude to pursue your dream because you now have other responsibilities to consider. Getting a Ph.D in a scientific field is a looooong, drawn out process. </p>
<p>I just wanted you to see the other side of the coin.</p>
<p>I wish you luck.</p>