John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, observed one in 1684, after a gap of ten years.

第一位皇家天文学家，约翰·弗拉姆斯蒂德，则在1684年，间隔十年后，观测到了一个黑子。

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Britain's first Astronomer Royal, John Flamsteed, is believed to have observed the supernova that spawned it in 1680.

据说英国首任皇家天文学家约翰·弗兰斯蒂德观察到这颗产生于1680年的超新星。

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Royal Astronomer John Flamsteed worked at this task for forty years.

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Undeterred, Flamsteed managed to retrieve 300 of the 400 copies printed and destroy them.

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Newton maintained that Flamsteed was a public servant, and therefore his work was public property, but to no avail.

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The scientific community-wide collaborative observations of the 1680 comet, including Flamsteed's purloined data, were subsequently printed as important evidence in Newton's Principia in 1687.

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