![]() Plenty of people like to go on hikes and take pictures of the Milky Way, while some want to just stay in their backyards and set up a telescope. One of the best parts about astrophotography is that I firmly believe there is something for everyone on any budget. ![]() So let’s dive in and explore the wonderful universe (pun intended) of astrophotography. What once took hours to get even a faint sight of an astronomical object can now be found on our phones at the push of a button. The breakthrough in digital technology led to the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. Moving on to the 1970s and after many years of development in telescopes and film, the first digital CCD sensors were used with brand new types of telescopes that had large mirrors capable of imaging some of the faintest objects. The first photo of a nebula ever made, captured by Henry Draper in 1880. In 1880, Henry Draper became the first individual to ever image a nebula-Messier 42, Orion. August Ludwig Busch and Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski.įast forward to the late 1800s and dry plate technology was invented thus allowing for exposure of distant bright stars and nebula. Then on July 28, 1851, the first successful daguerreotype of a total solar eclipse was taken by the group efforts of Dr. Draper on March 26, 1840.įurther on, Léon Foucault and Hippolyte Fizeau of France took their first daguerreotype in 1845. The first successful photo of a moon, captured by photographer John W. Additionally, the limitations of the current wet plate daguerreotype process made imaging slow and extremely inefficient by modern standards.Ībout a year later, John William Draper of NYU was able to successfully expose his 5” diameter telescope for 20 minutes to create the first-ever successful daguerreotype image of the Moon. The technology was not quite there yet to be able to properly track the sky, and flimsy telescope design led the Moon to become a blurry mess. The first ever astrophoto was taken of the Moon in 1839, but it was no stunner. So with that in mind, let’s go over a really brief history.
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