Editing Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (section)

==Later life==

On his return to Paris in 1754, following a diversion to [[Mauritius]], Lacaille was distressed to find himself an object of public attention. He resumed his work at the Mazarin College.

In 1757 he published his ''Astronomiae Fundamenta Novissimus'', containing a list of about 400 bright stars with positions corrected for [[Aberration of light|aberration]] and [[astronomical nutation|nutation]]. He carried out calculations on comet orbits and was responsible for giving [[Halley's Comet]] its name. His last public lecture, given on 14 September 1761 at the Royal Academy of Sciences, summarised the improvements to astronomy that had occurred during his lifetime. His death, probably caused in part by over-work{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}, occurred in 1762. He was buried in the vaults of the Mazarin College, now the [[Institut de France]] in Paris.