New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa
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New Extragalactic Perspectives in the New South Africa

Proceedings of the International Conference on "Cold Dust and Galaxy Morphology" held in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 22-26, 1996

Herausgegeben: Block, David L.; Greenberg, J. Mayo
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The date: September 30, 1880 The place: A private observatory in Hastings-on-Hudson Profession of the observer: A medical doctor The instrument: An l1-inch Clark refractor. The significance of that night marked one of the truly great turning points in the development of astronomical techniques: Dr Henry Draper, a wealthy New York medical doctor, had secured the first photograph of a nebula: a 51-minute exposure on a dry gelatinobromide plate showing the wispy nebulosity of the Orion Nebula. By March 1882, Draper had secured an exposure of 137 minutes, showing far richer detail of both bright a...