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Saw a pretty cool printed-out image of a fully eclipsed sun taken by the Lick Observatory (but not at the Lick Observatory). The sun was about 8 to 10 inches in diameter on the negative. Printed by Linda Conner.
My best guess for a date of the image would be January 1, 1889.
"Landscapes exist in the material world yet soar in the realms of the spirit..." Tsung Ping, 5th Century China
1839. Arago and Daguerre partial eclipse
http://350ans.obspm.fr/fr/evenement-...e-astronomique
The daguerrotype has faded and survives only as an engraving
1854 first photos of a total eclipse; at least that is what this web page claims
https://www.laboiteverte.fr/premiere...e-totale-1854/
Extraordinary that they could even predict a solar eclipse in 1854, we don't give the technology of the time as much credit as it deserves.
"Records from ancient China show that by about 20 BC Chinese astrologers understood the true cause of eclipses, and by 8 BC some predictions of total solar eclipse were made using the 135-month recurrence period. By CE 206, Chinese astronomers were able to predict solar eclipses by analysing the motion of the Moon."
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