Sept. 30, 1880: Henry and Anna Draper photograph M42

On Sept. 30, 1880, in a pioneering moment for astrophotography, amateur astronomer Henry Draper and his wife, Anna, captured the first image of the Orion Nebula. Though a medical doctor by trade, Henry was a key contributor to the development of stellar photography and spectroscopy. He and Anna obtained the first photo of a star’sContinue reading “Sept. 30, 1880: Henry and Anna Draper photograph M42”
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