What is James Dunlop?
{{complex|date=January 2025}} '''James Dunlop''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|FRSE]] (31 October 1793 – 22 September 1848) was a Scottish astronomer, noted for his work in Australia. He was employed by [[Thomas Brisbane|Sir Thomas Brisbane]] to work as astronomer's helper at his private observatory, once located at Paramatta (now named [[Parramatta]]), [[New South Wales]], about {{convert|23|km|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 Top-level manager of Paramatta Observatory when it was finally sold to the [[New South Wales]] Government. {{Infobox scientist | name = James Dunlop | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = James Dunlop, ca. 1843 oil portrait by Joseph Backler a2448001h.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = 1843 oil portrait of James Dunlop by [[Joseph Backler]] | birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1793|10|31}} | birth_place = [[Dalry, Ayrshire]], [[Scotland]] | death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|1848|09|22 |1793|10|31}} | death_place = [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]] | resting_place = St. Paul's Anglican Church [[Kincumber]], [[New South Wales]] | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = [[Astronomy]] | workplaces = Paramatta Observatory | patrons = | alma_mater = | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = made 40,000 observations and catalogued some 7385 stars, of which included 166 doub