History of Astrophotography
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The contribution of the pioneering imagers has not been forgotten, and a number of resources relating to history of astrophotography are included: Famous Astronomers; short biographies of those scientists who unlocked the secrets of our universe beginning with Ptolemy, to Isaac Newton and finally to those of the modern age like Edwin Hubble. Famous Cameras in Astrophotography such as the Daguerreotype used by John Draper to photograph the Moon for the first time in 1840, as well as the Crocker and Bruce Astrographs used by Edward Emerson Barnard to create magnificent wide field images the Milky Way; Famous Observatories around the world, such as the Royal Greenwich Observatory, England; the Lick Observatory, California, USA and the Meudon Observatory, Paris, France; which have contributed to our understanding of the Universe as well as been the home for many pioneering astrophotographers; Famous Telescopes used by the Pioneers of Astrophotography, including the 11" Alvan Clark Refractor with which Henry Draper took his famous Photograph of M42 and as well as the so called 'Leviathan of Parsonstown' - the72" Relector of Lord Rosse an instrument which inspired others to great deeds; Imaging Timeline; a sequence of those events and the people associated with them that became turning points in the history of astronomical imaging; together with general milestones in the history of astronomy; Pioneer Astrophotographers; short biographies of those astronomers, photographers and physicist, both professional and amateur who have made significant contributions; and who have made it possible for us to take the magnificent images you see on these pages; Early Images; taken by the great pioneers from about 1840 onwards of well known astronomical objects including the first image of M42 taken by Henry Draper, and the first successful planetary images obtained by the Henry brothers.