He first gained an interest in astronomy at the age of eight through reading Alain Manesson Mallet's Description de l'Univers.
[2] Under his father's guidance he showed early promise as a scientist,[3] though he was never to study formally or attend university.
He was a longstanding friend and correspondent of Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach and Jerome Lalande.
Politically, Flaugergues was a supporter of the French Revolution, holding a number of local administrative posts in the 1790s in addition to serving as a magistrate.
Therefore, some credit him with the discovery of dust clouds on Mars, however this is in dispute since his telescope was probably too small to accomplish this.