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Henry and Anna Draper, Pioneers of Astrophotography

June 27 2010 21:33 UTC | Views: 210 | Comments: 1
Posted by: Kochava in Sky Safari Slideshow

1) John William Draper as a young man (1835)

picture credit:  Smithsonian Institute

 


2) Daguerreotype Image of the Moon by J.A. Whipple, Harvard University, 1852

(John Draper's original daguerreotype of the moon was lost in a fire)

image credit:  University of Virginia

 

 


3) Daguerreotype Image of Solar Spectrum by John Draper, 1840

image shows both the visible spectrum and  part of the ultraviolet

picture credit:  Smithsonian Institute

 


4) Henry Draper with his telescope

picture credit:  Wikipedia

 


5) Henry Draper as an army surgeon in the Civil War, 1862

picture credit:  Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society

 


6) Photograph of the Moon by Henry Draper, 1863

image credit:  Smithsonian Institute

 


7) Portrait of Anna Draper, 1888, by John White Alexander

picture credit:  http://www.museumsyndicate.com/

 


8) Wet-plate Photography (the Collodion Process)

  picture credits: PBS and http://www.collodion.org/ 

 

     

 

     

 

     

 


9) Solar Spectrum with Absorption Lines

picture credit: Wikipedia

 


10) How an Absorption Spectrum Works

picture credit: Wikipedia

 


11) Henry Draper's Observatory in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, 1880

picture credit:  Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society

 

   

12) Venus Transit Photographed in 1882 by US Naval Observatory expedition

(pictures from 1874 expeditions did not survive)

image credit:  US Naval Observatory



13) Venus transit 2004

image credit:  Slooh; imaged by Derek Hirons



14) Drawing  (based on photographs) of the 1878 Solar Eclipse

picture credit:  Wikipedia and "Total Eclipses of the Sun" by Mabel Loomis Todd




15) Orion Nebula photographed by Henry Draper

image credits: Harvard College Observatory and American Institute of Physics (1880 image);

Open Door Website  http://www.saburchill.com/   (1882 image)


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 1880 photo
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16) Modern Photo of Orion Nebula

Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day for Feb 9, 2010

Image credit:  John Love and Donald Waid

 



17) Drawing of Orion Nebula as it appears visually

picture credit:  Jeremy Perez http://www.perezmedia.net/beltofvenus



18) Spectral Class Mnemonics:



  Oven Baked Apples From Grandma’s Kitchen – Mmmm!

 


     “Oh Boy Another F’s Gonna Kill Me.”

 

     “Only Boring Astronomers Find Gratification Knowing Mnemonics!”

 

     “Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me!”

 

     “Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully!”



 


19) Spectral Classes and Examples


Spectral

 

class

 

Color

 

Surface Temperature

 

(K)

 

Examples –

main sequence

 

Examples –

giants

 

O

 

Blue

 

30,000 - 50,000

 

Theta-1C Orionis (in Trapezium, in Orion nebula)

 

Alnitak and Mintaka (in Orion’s belt)

 

B

 

Blue-white

 

10,000 - 30,000

 

Spica, Regulus, brighter Pleiades (Taygeta, Asterope)

 

Rigel, brighter Pleiades (Alcyone,  Electra, Maia)

 

A

 

White

 

7500 - 10,000

 

Vega, Sirius, Altair

 

Deneb

 

F

 

Yellow-white

 

6000 - 7500

 

Procyon

 

Canopus, Mirfak (Alpha Persei), Polaris

 

G

 

Yellow

 

5000 - 6000

 

Sun, Alpha Centauri A

 

Capella

 

K

 

Orange

 

3500 – 5000

 

Alsafi (Sigma Draconis), Keid (Omicron-2 Eridani)

 

Arcturus, Aldebaran

 

M

 

Red

 

2000 – 3500

 

Barnard’s star, Proxima Centauri

 

Betelgeuse, Antares

 

 



 

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2010-06-28 01:45:08 GMT RickyF
Great show Kochava. And I use the HD all the time.

Ricky
 

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