Look at how far astrophotography and telescopic observations have come in less than 200 years. 1) a) First photograph ever taken of the Orion Nebula, by Professor Henry Draper in 1880. b) The Orion Nebula taken with an exposure of one hour, by A.A. Common in 1883. Photos of Orion Nebulae, taken in 1880 and 1883 2) A 3-minute exposure of the nebula taken with a Canon 400D, by Rogelio Bernal Andreo in 2007. -- Messier 42, Orion Nebula 3) The Orion Nebula in visible and infrared light taken by the VISTA telescope in 2010. -- Infrared/visible comparison of the full VISTA Orion Nebula image ---------- Sources: 1 -- aip.org/history/cosmology/tools/pic-spectroscopy-orion.htm 2 -- deepskycolors/archive/2007/12/03/messier-42-Orion-Nebula.html 3 -- eso.org/public/images/eso1006c/
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 09:43:28 +0000
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