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.

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.

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.

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?

By the 20th century, the electors had changed to comprise the most senior scientists in the United Kingdom: the President of the Royal Society, the President of the Royal Astronomical Society, the Astronomer Royal, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, and the Lucasian, Sadleirian, and Plumian Professors.

The post of Astronomer Royal was offered him in 1881, but he preferred to pursue his peaceful course of teaching and research in Cambridge.

He succeeded James Bradley to become the fourth Astronomer Royal in 1762, but held the post for too short a period to make a significant impact.

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.

Gill telegrammed Nevill to offer post of Government Astronomer, and Nevill sailed at 24 hours ' notice on 27 October and arrived 27 November 1882.

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.

This was now the post of Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Regius Professor of Astronomy in the University of Edinburgh.

The grounds of Giggleswick School near the chapel were selected as the official observation post for the 1927 solar eclipse from where Sir Frank Watson Dyson, the Astronomer Royal, had an uninterrupted view of the flaming corona of the sun through the 23 seconds of its total eclipse.

He later returned to the United Kingdom to take up his appointment as Astronomer Royal from 1956 to 1971.

* Astronomer and Television presenter Patrick Moore has also been considered a National Treasure of the United Kingdom.