It is worth noting that at this time there was no official post of Director of the Observatory, which was in theory run by the Académie des Sciences, but Cassini like his father before him effectively ran it.
Ito ay nagkakahalaga ng pagpuna na sa oras na ito doon ay hindi opisyal na-post ng mga Direktor ng obserbatoryo, na kung saan ay tatakbo sa teorya ng Académie des Sciences, ngunit Cassini tulad ng kanyang ama bago siya epektibong ran ito.