Is Astronomy important?

[gsanderson at cfl.rr.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 91935

After having read Galadriel Waters books on Harry Potter (liked the 
first one, didn't care for the book 5 "clues only" edition), and 
seeing some recent threads, everyone seems to think that there are 
these great things coming in the Astronomy class.  The point being 
that since we haven't heard too much about it, there must be some 
important clue lurking there.

My own impression is that this will not be an important subject at 
all.  We've never heard much about it and if you read the Owls 
section, this is the test being taken when Hagrid gets attacked.  It 
does not look like Harry does too well in this Owl test and I don't 
expect him to be continuing on with that subject.  I don't remember 
it being mentioned as being critical to the career planning for being 
an Auror. In short, I see nothing to get excited about.

Am I missing something here? 

Kristen