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Henry Draper
1880 (ca)
Henry Draper's astronomical observatory

Albumen print
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of the Hastings on Hudson Historical Society,
 
Henry Draper's astronomical observatory built on his family's property in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The first dome was constructed in 1860 and the higher central dome for an even larger telescope in 1867. It was from this observatory that Henry took his famous photograph of the moon in 1863.
 
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