The phrase "few astronomers" refers to a small number of people who study and explore celestial objects such as stars, planets, and galaxies. Full definition
Such an excess first emerged in the late 1960s and was mapped in 1981 by Glyn Haslam of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany, but few astronomers thought much of it until now. (scientificamerican.com)
Few astronomers believe that such slow processes as a — c above, if they happened at all, could happen in 0.7 b.y. 7 (creationscience.com)
Copernicus's book was published in 1543, and yet few astronomers advocated heliocentrism until the 1600s. (firstthings.com)