"Stars should henceforth register themselves": astrophotography at the early Lick Observatory.

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Jun 1997

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Br. J. Hist. Sci., Vol. 30, Part 2, No. 105,

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History Of Astronomy: Observatories, History Of Astronomy: Astrophotography

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The purpose of this paper is to explain how apparently contradictory aims were pursued, by exploring the collaboration between Lick Observatory astronomers and a group of commercial engravers in the production of astronomical photographs in the late 1890s and early 1900s. The author begins with a brief introduction to photomechanical printing technology. Next, he describes how astronomers chose one printing method over another, and what their relationships with printers were like. The author then examines astronomical aesthetics, the standards by which photographs were judged, and the effects astronomers sought in reproductions of pictures.

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