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After the invention of the daguerreotype in 1837 by French chemist Louis Daguerre and the earliest photos of the Moon – first by Daguerre himself, then by John William Draper in 1840 – photographic sights turned to the Sun. Francois Arago, the secretary of the French Academy of Sciences, was eager to see if this Continue reading "April 2, 1845: The first photo of the Sun" The post April 2, 1845: The first photo of the Sun appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .
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