Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow is the current Astronomer Royal. Use the link below to discover more information about this post, and a list of Astronomers Royal. That list comes complete with links, and this makes it easier to delve into things. At least pop by to check out what is offered as it only takes a moment.
Professor Edmond Halley, the person that calculated halleys comet was the Royal Astronomer from 1720 to 1742
John Flamsteed was the first Astronomer Royal, and you'll find a link to more information about him below.
Maria Mitchell (pronounced Ma-RYE-ah) was an astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. She discovered a telescopic comet in 1847, for which she was awarded a gold medal by the King of Denmark. Her discovery thrust her into the international spotlight and she became America's first professional female astronomer.
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Benjamin Banneker is the first black inventor so his scientific traits are invention
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Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow is the Astronomer Royal as of 2014
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It is a common noun. It can be a proper noun as part of a title like "The Astronomer Royal."
The very first astronomers were probably priests who studied the heavens and whose understanding of the heavens was seen as divine, or coming from a supernatural power or deity.Ptolemy (c. AD 90 – c. AD 168) was known as a Greek astronomer.John Flamsteed (1646-1719) was an English astronomer who was the first Astronomer Royal.
Galileo was the first astronomer to describe surface features of the moon.
He was not the first astronomer; there were plenty before him going back to the Babylonians at least. Galileo, however, was the first to use a telescope.
The Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo wrote the first scientific description of the moon
Frederick William Herschel, born on November 15, 1738, was a German technical expert, astronomer, and composer. He studied under the supervision of Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne.
The first astronomer to record the Butterfly Cluster's existence was Giovanni Battista Hodierna in 1654.
Ptolemy, the astronomer of Ancient Greece first discovered Aquila.
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Galileo was the first astronomer to explain why the sun and starts travel across the sky