First photograph of the Sun. Engraving of the first daguerreotype photograph of the Sun taken on 2nd April 1845 by the French physicists Louis Fizeau (1819-1896) and Leon Foucault (1819-1868). Sunspots (dark areas) are seen on the Sun's surface. The image,which measured 12 centimetres across,was taken with an exposure of 1/60th of a second. Image taken from 'Astronomical Photography' (1961) by G. de Vaucouleurs | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Royal Astronomical Society |
Taille de l’image : | 5112 px × 3454 px |
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