90 MilliMeters » Henry Draper http://www.90mm.us Backyard Astronomy with Small Telescopes Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:42:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Happy 129th anniversary to deep-sky astrophotography http://www.90mm.us/2009/09/30/happy-129th-anniversary-to-deep-sky-astrophotography/ http://www.90mm.us/2009/09/30/happy-129th-anniversary-to-deep-sky-astrophotography/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:08:10 +0000 Dan http://www.90mm.us/?p=102 Henry Draper

Henry Draper

Henry Draper took the first successful photograph of the Great Orion Nebula on September 30, 1880 using his 11 inch Clark Brothers photographic refractor he took a 50 minute exposure. Draper was one of the pioneers of astrophotography and he took the first stellar spectrum in 1872 that showed absorption lines.

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