Dream Job #5: Astronomer Royal

This was a repetitive fantasy of mine in my teenage years. Did I mention that my teenage years were also bereft of dates?

Lounging around all day in a stone tower, wearing a fancy robe and crunching logarithms and predicting eclipses for an erudite, worthy ruler. Watching with glee as the rabble scurry around during said eclipse with fear-stricken faces; then hanging out at court and bantering with the likes of Gauss and Bach; flirting with the Princesses.

The current rep has lost the fancy garb, and with it, some of the appeal.

I think AR circa 1750 would have done the trick for me.