First Moon Shot
Photograph of the moon done by the sun
Today in 1840, John William Draper took the first detailed photograph of the moon.
The photograph was a 20-minute-long daguerreotype image using a 5-inch (13 cm) reflecting telescope. Among his many occupations and interests, Draper was the first president of the American Chemical Society and a founder of the N…
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