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James Dunlop | |
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 1843 oil portrait of James Dunlop by Joseph Backler | |
| Born | 31 October 1793 |
| Died | 22 September 1848 (aged 54) |
| Resting place | St. Paul's Anglican Church Kincumber, New South Wales |
| Known for | made 40,000 observations and catalogued some 7385 stars, of which included 166 double stars |
| Spouse |
Jean Service
(m. 1816) |
| Children | No children[1] |
| Awards | Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1828) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | Paramatta Observatory |
James Dunlop FRSE (31 October 1793 – 22 September 1848) was a Scottish astronomer, noted for his work in Australia. He was employed by Sir Thomas Brisbane to work as astronomer's assistant at his private observatory, once located at Paramatta (now named Parramatta), New South Wales, about 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of Sydney during the 1820s and 1830s. Dunlop was mostly a visual observer, doing stellar astrometry work for Brisbane, and after its completion, then independently discovered and catalogued many new telescopic southern double stars and deep-sky objects. He later became the Superintendent of Paramatta Observatory when it was finally sold to the New South Wales Government.
- ^ Wood, Harley. "Dunlop, James (1793–1848)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 1 July 2017.