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Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the
Royal Household of the
Sovereign of the
United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the Astronomer Royal dating from
22 June 1675, and the second 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, "to apply himself with the most exact care and diligence to the rectifying of the tables of the motions of the heavens, and the places of the fixed stars, so as to find out the so much desired longitude of places for the perfecting of the art of navigation."
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 an
astronomer royal for Ireland known as the Royal Astronomer of Ireland.
Astronomers Royal
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