John Flamsteed
English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal
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John Flamsteed was an English astronomer who served as the first Astronomer Royal, a position created to help improve navigation at sea. His careful observations and star catalogs made him an important figure in the development of accurate astronomy during the 17th century.
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John Flamsteed (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719) was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. His main achievements were the preparation of a 3,000-star catalogue, Catalogus Britannicus, and a star atlas called Atlas Coelestis, both published posthumously. He also made the first recorded observations of Uranus, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a star, and he laid the foundation stone for the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
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