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John Flamsteed (1646-1719), the first Astronomer Royal, is renowned for his systematic telescopic positional observations of the sun, moon, planets and stars, culminating in Historia Coelestis Britannica (1725), containing his catalogue of 3000 stars, and Atlas Coelestis (1729), celestial charts completed by his widow.

John Flamsteed (1646–1719), the first Astronomer Royal, is renowned for his systematic telescopic positional observations of the sun, moon, planets and stars, culminating in Historia Coelestis Britannica (1725), containing his catalogue of 3000 stars, and Atlas Coelestis (1729), celestial charts completed by his widow. (M 43380)