Position in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom
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John Flamsteed, the first astronomer royal, by Thomas Gibson. Royal Society, London.
Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the astronomer royal dating from 22 June 1675; the junior is the astronomer royal for Scotland dating from 1834. The Astronomer Royal works to make observations to improve navigation, cartography, instrument design, and applications of geomagnetism.[1] The position was created with the overall goal of discovering a way to determine longitude at sea when out of sight of land[2].
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