* August 20 – Fred Hoyle, Astronomer and science fiction writer

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

The opening ceremony was attended by notables such as Sir Frank Dyson, former Astronomer Royal, and former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, who praised the Observatory as " a gift to science all over the world.

" Anyone ", said Terry and Rudge, " who had seen the flamboyant articles about space travel and the imminent colonisation of the moon and planets that were splashed all over the newspapers in 1956, with science fiction-style illustrations, must have been immediately aware of what the new Astronomer Royal was riled about.

The author of over one hundred papers in peer-reviewed journals, Gleiser has also published three popular science books in the US, A Tear at the Edge of Creation ( 2010 ), The Prophet and the Astronomer ( 2002 ), and The Dancing Universe ( 1997 / 2005 ).

) is the SETI Institute's weekly science radio program, hosted by Senior Astronomer Seth Shostak and Molly Bentley, the Executive producer of the radio show.

* Vita Hludovici Imperatoris, the main source for his reign, written c. 840 by an unknown author usually called " 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.

The " Astronomer ", author of the Vita Hludovici, writes that the forces of Bera and Adhemar crossed the Ebro in boats while their horses swam across.

In 1940, Max Buchner identified Hilduin as the author usually referred to as " The Astronomer ," the author of the Vita Hludovici, a biography of Louis.

Northern European works include Johannes Vermeer's The Lacemaker and The Astronomer ; Caspar David Friedrich's The Tree of Crows ; Rembrandt's The Supper at Emmaus, Bathsheba at Her Bath, and The Slaughtered Ox.

* 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.

David Gill, Astronomer Royal to the Cape, agreed and £ 350 voted by Corporation of Durban plus £ 500 by Legislative Council to found an observatory.

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.

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.

The Western Australia border has a history with South Australia, involving the South Australian Government Astronomer, Dodwell and the Western Australian Government Astronomer, Curlewis in the 1920s to mark the border on the ground.

Astronomer Hugh Ross, a progressive creationist, has debated Ham and other Answers In Genesis staff regarding the compatibility of an old Earth with the Bible.

Astronomer Göran Henriksson dates a number of these grinding grooves to the Stone Age, between about 3300 BCE to about 2000 BCE, based on astronomical alignments, although his methodology has been heavily criticized.

Skiff has worked as an Astronomer at Lowell Observatory since 1976.

One was installed in 1833 at the Greenwich Observatory by Astronomer Royal John Pond, and the time ball has dropped at 1 p. m. every day since then.

Astronomer Joe Kapp ( Simon MacCorkindale ), another guest on the programme, invites Quatermass to join him at his home in the country where he has constructed a radio telescope.

Astronomer Leos Ondra has noted that NGC 2419 would be the " best and brightest " for any observers in the Andromeda Galaxy, looking for globular clusters in our galaxy since it lies outside the obscuring density of the main disk.

Astronomer Jim Kaler has noted the aptness of the traditional name given the star's massive nature.

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

In Vermeer's painting The Astronomer ( 1668 ), the book lying on the table has been identified as a 1621 second edition of Metius's Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae.

Astronomer Carl Sagan has an Erdős number of no more than 4 via Steven J. Ostro and a Bacon number of 3, for a total of 7.

Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore has suggested that this in fact refers to another star which lies visually between Mizar and Alcor.

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.

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.

William Ernest Cooke was appointed the first Western Australian Government Astronomer in 1896 after a similar posting at the Adelaide Observatory.

The Astronomer ( Vermeer ) | The Astronomer by Johannes Vermeer ( c. 1668 )

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.

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.

There was also formerly a Royal Astronomer of Ireland.

Astronomer Carl Sagan declined to sign the statement.

* 1865 – Astronomer Pietro Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L ’ Immaculata Concezion.

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 17 November 1834, the British amateur astronomer the Reverend Thomas John Hussey reported a conversation he had had with French astronomer Alexis Bouvard to George Biddell Airy, the British Astronomer Royal.

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.

Astronomer Georges Forbes concluded on the basis of this evidence that two planets must exist beyond Neptune.