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John Flamsteed

John Flamsteed FRS (19 August 1646 – 31 December 1719)[a] 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.

John Flamsteed
FRS

19 August 1646

Denby, Derbyshire, England

31 December 1719 (aged 73)

Burstow, Surrey, England

Jesus College, Cambridge

First Astronomer Royal

Margaret Cooke

Astronomy

Fellow of the (1677)[16]

Royal Society

The Flamsteed Astronomy Society is named in his honour, and is based at The Royal Observatory Greenwich.

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The crater on the Moon is named after him.[18]

Flamsteed

The asteroid is named in his honour.[19]

4987 Flamsteed

He is commemorated in several Derbyshire schools. The science block at John Port Spencer Academy is named Flamsteed, John Flamsteed Community School in Denby carries his name.[20] Flamsteed House at the Ecclesbourne School in Duffield is also named after him.[21]

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erected a Blue Plaque in his honour at the Queen Street former Clock Works in Derby, which also honours Joseph Wright of Derby who lived in the house formerly owned by Flamsteed.[22]

Derby City Council

Flamsteed objects

(possibly a supernova sighting or recording error)

3 Cassiopeiae

Die große Flamsteed-Edition, Himmelskartographie von 1776 bis 1805, 94 originalgetreu faksimilierte Himmelskarten, Albireo Verlag Köln, 2017,  978-3-9816040-3-0.

ISBN

The correspondence of John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal compiled and edited by Eric G. Forbes, ... Lesley Murdin and Frances Willmoth. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 1995–2002  0-7503-0147-3 (v. 1); ISBN 0-7503-0391-3 (v. 2) ; ISBN 0-7503-0763-3 (v. 3)

ISBN

The Gresham lectures of John Flamsteed, edited and introduced by Eric G. Forbes. London: Mansell, 1975  0-7201-0518-8

ISBN

Newton's Tyranny: The Suppressed Scientific Discoveries of and John Flamsteed, David H. Clark & Stephen H.P. Clark. W. H. Freeman, 2001 ISBN 0-7167-4701-4

Stephen Gray

Online catalogue of Flamsteed's working and personal papers (part of the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives held at Cambridge University Library)

, at archive.org, containing Flamsteed's own narrative of the conflict with Newton and numerous letters

Baily, Francis (1837) Supplement to the account of the Rev John Flamsteed

John Flamsteed Biography (SEDS)

Rare book collection at the Vienna Institute of Astronomy

Flamsteed biography

Flamsteed Astronomy Society