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The birth of astrophotography is discussed followed by rapid advances over several decades in both the types of objects imaged and the technical changes developed to meet the challenges of imaging those objects.
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Gendler, R., GaBany, R.J. (2015). A Series of Firsts, from Daguerreotypes to Dry Plates. In: Breakthrough!. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20973-9_2
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