Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom.

There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from 22 June 1675 ; the second is the Astronomer Royal for Scotland dating from 1834.

King Charles II, who founded the Royal Observatory Greenwich in 1675 instructed the first Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed, ".

From that time until 1972 the Astronomer Royal was Director of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

After the separation of the two offices the position of Astronomer Royal has been largely honorary, though he remains available to advise the Sovereign on astronomical and related scientific matters, and the office is of great prestige.

There was also formerly a Royal Astronomer of Ireland.

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It was discovered in 1725 and later explained by the third Astronomer Royal, James Bradley, who attributed it to the finite speed of light and the motion of Earth in its orbit around the Sun.

Harrison was introduced to Graham by the Astronomer Royal Edmond Halley who also championed Harrison and his work.

He presented his ideas to Edmond Halley, the Astronomer Royal.

The term lunatic was also used by supporters of John Harrison and his marine chronometer method of determining longitude to refer to proponents of the Method of Lunar Distances, advanced by Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.

* 1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.

In 1838, Thomas Maclear who was Astronomer Royal at the Cape, repeated the measurements.

On 4 March 1675 he was appointed by royal warrant " The King's Astronomical Observator " — the first English Astronomer Royal, with an allowance of £ 100 a year.

He was ordained at Lincoln Cathedral in the same year, and in 1792 became the second Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin, which carried the new title of Astronomer Royal for Ireland.

Brinkley's observations that several stars shifted their apparent place in the sky in the course of a year were disproved at Greenwich by his contemporary John Pond, the Astronomer Royal.

* The Nemesis ( 1839 ) becomes the first iron ship to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, aided by techniques to adjust the compass for the effect of an iron hull developed the year before by George Biddell Airy, the Astronomer Royal.

Astronomer John Eddy put forth the theory that some of the wheels had astronomical significance, where spokes on a wheel could be pointing to certain stars, as well as sunrise or sunset, at a certain time of the year, suggesting that the wheels were a way to mark certain days of the year.

Astronomer Phil Plait takes a similar attitude in his " Bad Astronomy " website, a regular feature of which is reviews discussing the scientific mistakes in popular movies and TV shows.

* December 30 – Astronomer Edwin Hubble announces that Andromeda, previously believed to be a nebula, is actually another galaxy, and that the Milky Way is only one of many such galaxies in the universe.

* Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal.

There is a well-known painting by Johannes Vermeer titled The Geographer, which is often linked to Vermeer's The Astronomer.

The style is similar to that of two biographies of Louis the Pious: Vita Hludovici Imperatoris, written c. 840 by an unknown author usually called " the Astronomer ", and Vita Hludowici Imperatoris by Thegan of Trier.

* Ask an Astronomer: " What is a White Hole?

Nestling just behind the Observatory is the garden of the former Astronomer Royal, a peaceful secluded space which is good for picnics and also sometimes used by theatre groups ( Midsummer Night's Dream, etc .).

Sir Frank Watson Dyson, KBE, FRS ( 8 January 1868 – 25 May 1939 ) was an English astronomer and Astronomer Royal who is remembered today largely for introducing time signals (" pips ") from Greenwich, England, and for the role he played in testing Einstein's theory of general relativity.

The approach is similar to that of the Bad Astronomer, who also uses films as a vehicle to teach science.

Astronomer and scientific writer Pierre Kohler mistook this document for fact and is responsible for a major increase in its redistribution in the early 21st century.

* The first Royal Astronomer of Ireland is appointed: the post is combined with the position of Director of the Dunsink Observatory in Dublin.

Airy is an impact crater on Mars, named in honor of the British Astronomer, Royal Sir George Biddell Airy ( 1801 – 1892 ).

* Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal.

Astronomer Michael E. Brown, co-discoverer of Sedna and the dwarf planets,, and, believes it to be the most scientifically important trans-Neptunian object found to date, as understanding its unusual orbit is likely to yield valuable information about the origin and early evolution of the Solar System.

Dr. Seth Shostak is Senior Astronomer, and host of Are We Alone?

Astronomer Carl Sagan, who was a faculty member at Cornell University, tried to recruit Tyson to Cornell for undergraduate studies.

Astronomer René Racine resigned as a member of the Order in 2009.

He was promoted to Chief Astronomer for the Han court under Emperor An, serving his first term from 115 – 120 and his second under the succeeding emperor from 126 – 132.

* September 18 – Great Comet of 1882: Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, David Gill, reported watching the comet rise a few minutes before the Sun and described it as " The nucleus was then undoubtedly single, and certainly rather under than over 4 ″ in diameter ; in fact, as I have described it, it resembled very much a star of the 1st magnitude seen by daylight.

A granite obelisk at Pole Hill was erected in 1824 under the direction of the Astronomer Royal, the Rev.

He served as assistant astronomer from 1756 to 1760 under the Reverend James Bradley, the Astronomer Royal.

He also contributed to the Nautical Almanac, working under Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal.

The formidable undertaking of reducing the accumulated planetary observations made at Greenwich from 1750 to 1830 was already in progress under Airy's supervision when he became Astronomer Royal.

Her Majesty's Astronomer at the Cape, David Gill, reported watching the comet rise a few minutes before the Sun on 18 September, and described it as " The nucleus was then undoubtedly single, and certainly rather under than over 4 ″ in diameter ; in fact, as I have described it, it resembled very much a star of the 1st magnitude seen by daylight.