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Astronomer and Phil
Astronomer Phil Plait suggested this may be a case of using an overly precise figure to make the ISR seem more scientific than they actually are.

Astronomer and similar
Astronomer and science fiction author David Brin has expressed similar concerns.
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.
Aware that Cambridge Astronomer John Couch Adams had suggested that he had made similar predictions, on 9 July Airy entreated James Challis to undertake a systematic search in the hope of securing the triumph of discovery for Britain.
The approach is similar to that of the Bad Astronomer, who also uses films as a vehicle to teach science.
William Ernest Cooke was appointed the first Western Australian Government Astronomer in 1896 after a similar posting at the Adelaide Observatory.

Astronomer and Bad
* The seasons begin at the time of the solstice or equinox ( from the Bad Astronomer )
* The Bad Astronomer

Astronomer and Astronomy
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.
Then, on the death of Sir William Rowan Hamilton in 1865, he accepted the post of Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin and Royal Astronomer of Ireland.
* Ask the Astronomer: How often does a ' Dry Moon ' happen with the horns of the Moon pointed straight up ?, Astronomy Cafe, accessed February 2006
In 1874 Ball was appointed Royal Astronomer of Ireland and Andrews Professor of Astronomy in the University of Dublin at Dunsink Observatory.
From 1980 to 1990, he held the joint posts of Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Regius Professor of Astronomy of the University of Edinburgh and Director of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
In December 1910 he became Astronomer Royal for Scotland ( until 1937 ) and Professor of Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh.
This was now the post of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Regius Professor of Astronomy in the University of Edinburgh.
* Bob Berman, Astronomer, Columnist Astronomy Magazine
He remained Astronomer Royal until 1955, and was Regius Professor of Astronomy at Edinburgh University for the same period.
* W. T. Olcott, " Variable Star Work for the Amateur Astronomer ", 1911, Popular Astronomy.

Astronomer and website
According to the Perth Observatory website the current Government Astronomer / Observatory Director position is vacant.

Astronomer and regular
Annie Jump Cannon died April 13, 1941 after receiving a regular Harvard appointment as the William C. Bond Astronomer.
There was so much public interest, a regular column, " The Back Yard Astronomer " ( later to become The Amateur Scientist column ) was started by Ingalls with Porter being a contributing editor.
He started a regular column, " The Back Yard Astronomer " in 1928 which he later named the " The Amateur Scientist ".

Astronomer and feature
In 2000, the IAU named this feature after Nathaniel Bliss, the 4th Astronomer Royal.
He was the only remaining Astronomer Royal who had not until then received the honor of a named feature or astronomical body.

Astronomer and which
* 1865 – Astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L ’ Immaculata Concezion.
In 1850 James Ferguson, Assistant Astronomer at the US Naval Observatory, noted that he had " lost " a star he had observed, GR1719k, which Lt. Matthew Maury, the superintendent of the Observatory, claimed was evidence that it must be a new planet.
As Chief Astronomer, Zhang Heng earned a fixed salary and rank of 600 bushels of grain ( which was mostly commuted to payments in Chinese coins | coinage currency or bolts of silk ), and so he would have worn a specified type of robe, ridden in a specified type of carriage, and held a unique emblem that marked his status in the official hierarchy.
As Astronomer Royal, Flamsteed spent some forty years observing and making meticulous records for his star catalogue, which would eventually triple the number of entries in Tycho Brahe's sky atlas.
There is a well-known painting by Johannes Vermeer titled The Geographer, which is often linked to Vermeer's The Astronomer.
In June 1835 Airy was appointed Astronomer Royal in succession to John Pond, and began his long career at the national observatory which constitutes his chief title to fame.
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 .).
Her 1972 directorship of the Royal Greenwich Observatory was also the first time in 300 years that that directorship was not associated with the post of the Astronomer Royal, which was given to radio astronomer and later, Nobel prize winner Martin Ryle instead.
The time ball was the idea of Charles Piazzi Smyth, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and was originally triggered by a clock in the adjacent City Observatory, to which it was connected by an underground wire.
Already famous in academic circles, he was invited to court and nominated Royal Astronomer and Historian by King John II of Portugal, a position which he held until the early reign of Manuel I.
" Astronomer Simon Newcomb said that Leuschner organized the department and observatory into " a thorough school of astronomy, than which [...] there is none better.
Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore has suggested that this in fact refers to another star which lies visually between Mizar and Alcor.

Astronomer and is
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.
As Astronomer Royal he receives a stipend of 100 GBP per year and is a member of the Royal Household, under the general authority of the Lord Chamberlain.
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.
* 1675 – John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
* 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.
* Ask an Astronomer: " What is a White Hole?
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.
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?

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