Photographers:
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Astronomy


 
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Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.

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Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to astronomy
2Rapid progress during the nineteenth century in astronomical photography
Telescopes and astronomical instruments
3Introduction to telescopes
4Mary Rosse: Lord Rosse's telescope at Birr Castle, Ireland (ca. 1857)
5Thomas Child: China: Pekin: Observatory (ca. 1875-1880)
Early astronomical photography
6J.A. Whipple: Daguerreotypes of the Sun and Moon (1852)
7Charles Piazzi Smyth: Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment (1857)
8Warren De la Rue: The Moon
9Adolphe Neyt: Atlas photographique de la lune (1869)
10Lewis M. Rutherfurd: Astronomy
11Charles Le Morvan: Carte photographique de la lune
12Ernest Mouchez: La Photographie astronomique a l'observatoire de Paris et la Carte du Ciel (1887)
13Max Wolf and Joh. Palisa: Photographische Sternkarten (ca 1901-1904)
Tranisit of Venus
14Transit of Venus
15William de Wiveleslie Abney: Transit of Venus (1874)
Celestial bodies
16The Moon
17The Sun
18Solar eclipses
19Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen: Studies of the Solar Surface
20Appearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun (1842)
21J.B. Silvis provides the services of his photographic car to assist the photographing of a solar eclipse (1878)
22Home planet
23The earth from afar
Photographers
24David Malin: Anglo-Australian Observatory
Contemporary
25Contemporary astronomy
26iBook application: Atlas photographique de la Lune (2013)
Symbolism in popular culture
27The moon as a symbol

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