The History of Astrophotography (and women in astrophotography)

Women Astrophotographers •5 replies•86 views
Linda avatar
Linda avatar
Last night on The Astro Imaging Channel there was a program on the history of astrophotography and part of the program was on the first known women engaged in astrophotography.

If you want to see it, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEGShBOmmrQ
Well Written Concise
Corine Yahia (RIGEL33) avatar
Corine Yahia (RIGEL33) avatar
Merci pour le partage  smile
Linda avatar
Linda avatar
vous êtes les bienvenus (pardonnez mon français traduit automatiquement)
Corine Yahia (RIGEL33) avatar
Corine Yahia (RIGEL33) avatar
Ne vous excusez pas, les traducteurs sont bien suffisants smile
Sigga avatar
Sigga avatar
If have interest excellent book on this topic:

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars ​​​​​by Dava Sobel

Girl power!

-Sigga
Linda avatar
Linda avatar
Thanks, Sigga! Another book for the reading list!
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