John Flamsteed, English astronomer and academic (born 1646)

John Flamsteed

English astronomer (1646–1719)

John Flamsteed 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…