The Camera: Astronomy's Primary Research Tool
By the mid nineteenth century many scientists were beginning to suspect that the eyepiece views produced by telescopes would never be dramatically improved. For nearly a quarter of a millennia vast amounts of time and money had been spent in attempts to avoid such a conclusion. But despite the best efforts of Europe's most brilliant optical engineers, improvements had been marginal at best.
John Whipple - 1851
A solution began in 1839 with Louis Daguerre's unsuccessful attempt at a daguerreotype exposure of the moon. A year later, in another attempt at a moon image, John William Draper corrected Daguerre's miscalculations in exposure to produce what many consider to be the first successful astro photo. Astronomers never looked back. Since the middle of the nineteenth century most serious research has been conducted with a camera. Most large observatory telescopes have never even been outfitted for the use of eyepieces. No one has ever "looked" through them.
As with so many othe "firsts," there seems to be a little confusion surrounding the initial lunar image.
Adams Whipple in 1851.
Continued soon... 12/19/2010
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Saturn by Damien Peach C14 - Philips Toucam 740 Pro
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