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Solar eclipse at the Royal Observatory Greenwich
Eclipses and the Greenwich Royal Observatory
Greenwich Royal Observatory: The first recorded astronomical observation of the first Astronomer Royal was John Flamsteed's observation of a solar eclipse from his home in Derby at the age of sixteen on 12 September 1662.
Edmond Halley, the second Royal Astronomer at Greenwich, (and discoverer of the great comet) popularised the great solar eclipse of 1715 which made a track across central England.
Solar astrophysics started at the Royal Observatory with Sir George Biddell Airy's observation of the solar eclipse of 1842.