Gemma Frisius, 1545 (published), A drawing by Gemma Frisius showing how he used a pinhole within a darkened room to study the solar eclipse of 1544, Engraving, Private collection, LL/31674

John William Draper, 1840, Spectrograph, Daguerreotype, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Kenneth E. Behring Center, Division of Information Technology and Communications, Photographic History Collection, Image ID AFS 138, LL/38102

1842, 7 July, Appearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1842, July 8 (??) as seen from the Superga near Turin, Magazine illustration, engraving, Google Books, LL/35222

1842, 7 July, Appearances of the Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1842, July 8 (??) as seen from the Superga near Turin, Magazine illustration, engraving, Google Books, LL/35223

J.A. Whipple, 1851, 6 August, The Moon, August 6, 1851, Daguerreotype, 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 ins, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Purchase with funds provided by the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Fund and the Overbrook Foundation. 1989.009, LL/33108

J.A. Whipple, 1852, 26 February, The Moon, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, 11.9 x 9.7 cm, Harvard College Observatory, Courtesy Harvard College Observatory, LL/33090

J.A. Whipple, 1852, 26 February, View of the Moon, February 26, 1852, Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate, 11.9 x 9.7 cm, Harvard College Observatory, Courtesy Harvard College Observatory, Plate Stacks, OB-7, LL/33124

J.A. Whipple, 1852, Daguerreotypes of the Sun and Moon, Magazine page, Google Books, LL/35219

W. & F. Langenheim, 1854, 26 May, Eclipse of the Sun, May 26, 1854, Daguerreotype, 1 1/4 x 1 ins (3.2 x 2.5 cm) to 2 13/16 x 2 5/16 ins (7.2 x 5.9 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005 (2005.100.614a-g), LL/33211

Unidentified photographer (English), 1850s (late), Photograph of the Moon, Salt print, from collodion negative, 5 1/8 x 6 1/2 ins, J. Paul Getty Museum, 84.XP.259.16, LL/43314

Whipple & Black, 1857-1860, The Moon, Salted paper print from glass negative, 21.1 x 15.8 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/4 ins ), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert O. Dougan Collection, Gift of Warner Communications Inc., 1978, Accession Number: 1978.649.7, LL/40610

Henry Draper, 1863, 3 September, The Moon, Hastings Historical Society, Courtesy of Hastings-on-Hudson Historical Society, LL/38104

Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1865, 4 March, The Moon, Albumen print, 57.1 x 43.7 cm, George Eastman Museum, Record Id: 1989:0403:0001, LL/35654

Warren De la Rue, 1865, Photo-engraving of a Lunar Photograph, Photo-engraving, cropped, Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, Identifier: 292001, LL/46489

Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1869, October, The Moon, Magazine illustration, engraving, Google Books, LL/35224

Lewis M. Rutherfurd, 1870, 14 May (taken) 1873 (published), The Moon, May 14, 1870, Photographic print, cropped, Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering and Technology, Identifier: 290002, Call Number : QB581.P712 1873, LL/46490

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1870 (ca), Moon, Carte de visite, 10.5 x 6.3 cm, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1730), LL/8771

Unidentified creator, 1870 (ca), Galaxies, Magic lantern slide, 9.2 x 17.5 cm, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1772), LL/8759

Unidentified creator, 1870 (ca), Nebulae, Magic lantern slide, 9.2 x 17.5 cm, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1773), LL/8760

Unidentified creator, 1870 (ca), Moon, Magic lantern slide, 9.2 x 17.5 cm, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1774), LL/8772

Warren De la Rue, n.d., Glass view of the moon, Glass stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 283), LL/17485

Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. I., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 284), LL/17486

Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. II., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 285), LL/17487

Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. III., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 286), LL/17488

Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. IV., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 287), LL/17489

Warren De la Rue, n.d., Stereoscopic Series No. V., view of the moon, Stereo view, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 288), LL/17490

Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, 1874, Transit of Venus, Glass negative, in wooden frame, 25.5 x 25.5 cm, National Maritime Museum, Id number: AST1087, LL/46459

William de Wiveleslie Abney, 1874, Photographic plate of the transit of Venus, taken at Luxor, Egypt, Photographic plate, National Maritime Museum, Repro ID F3812 © National Maritime Museum, LL/46417

Charles Burton, 1874, Transit of Venus, Photographic print, Armagh Observatory, LL/45765

Unidentified photographer, 1885, 16 March, The Beginning of the eclipse at Vassar College. March 16, 1885, Carte de visite, 4 3/16 x 6 1/2 ins, Harvard College Observatory, UAV 630.271 (382), From the Records of the Harvard College Observatory, LL/41593

Paul & Prosper Henry, 1885, 13 August, A Section of the Constellation Cygnus, Albumen silver print, from glass negative, 25.8 x 21.2 cm (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 ins), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gilman Collection, Purchase, Robert Rosenkranz Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.124, LL/40528

S.W. Burnham, 1889, 21 December (taken), Total Eclipse of December 21, 1889, Albumen print, 3 x 4 ins, Archive Farms, LL/38892

Isaac Roberts, 1888, 29 December, Great Andromeda Nebula, M31, Heliogravure, 18 x 13 cm, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be), LL/8757

Isaac Roberts, 1888, 29 December, Handwriten text on the border of the Heliogravure Great Andromeda Nebula, M31, Heliogravure, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be), LL/8758

Warren De la Rue, n.d., The Moon (No. 2), [The Moon in Twelve Phases], Albumen print, mounted on carte de visite, 2 1/8 x 2 1/2 in, Howard Schickler Fine Art (CLOSED - 2006), Image courtesy of Howard Schickler Fine Art LLC. (www.schicklerart.com), LL/94

Paus Henry (1848-1905) & Prosper Henry (1849-1903), 1890, Photographie Lunaire, Corne Nord, Albumen print, 22.5 x 17.9 cm, Lempertz - Cologne, Auction 1012, May 24, 2013, Lot: 7, LL/50733

Harvard College Observatory, 1896, 17 April, Omega Centauri [photograph taken by Bruce telescope, April 17, 1896, exposed 30 minutes], Photographic print, Harvard University Archives, UAV 630.271 (Album 3, Page 1), LL/41658

Unidentified photographer, 1898, 27 December, Eclipse of Dec. 27, 1898, made at Thomaston, Me. with 3 inch telescope, Photographic print, 4 5/8 x 5 ins, Harvard College Observatory, UAV 630.271 (381), From the Records of the Harvard College Observatory, LL/41594

Unknown (Astrophotographe en mission), 1898 (ca), Détermination du pôle magnétique terrestre Grand Nord, Collodion printing-out paper print from glass negative, 18.2 x 13 cm, CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux, Binoche et Giquello, épreuves choisies, 18 november 2010, lot no: 112, LL/41113

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1910 (ca), Morehouse's Comet, [Yerkes observatory (Keystone View Company)], Stereoview, 8.8 x 17.8 cm, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1792), LL/8765

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1910 (ca), Meteor in Constellation of Orion, [Yerkes observatory (Keystone View Company)], Stereoview, 8.8 x 17.8 cm, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1791), LL/8761

Unidentified photographer, 1912, 17 April, Sun partially eclipsed, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30262

Unidentified photographer, 1912, 17 April, Sun partially eclipsed, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30263

Unidentified photographer, 1912, 17 April, Sun partially eclipsed, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30264

Unidentified photographer, 1912, 17 April, Sun partially eclipsed, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30265

Unidentified photographer, 1911, 13 September, 9:50 pm, Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30245

Unidentified photographer, 1911, 13 September, 9:50 pm, Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30246

Unidentified photographer, 1911, 16 November, 11:00 pm, Partial Eclipse of Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30247

Unidentified photographer, 1911, 16 November, 11:00 pm, Partial Eclipse of Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30248

Unidentified photographer, 1911, 16 November, 11:30 pm, Partial Eclipse of Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30249

Unidentified photographer, 1911, 16 November, 11:30 pm, Partial Eclipse of Moon, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30250

Unidentified photographer, 1912, 15 March, Nova and Geminopum, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30253

Unidentified photographer, 1912, 15 March, Nova and Geminopum, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30254

Unidentified photographer, 1912, 15 March, Nova and Geminopum (clipping), Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30255

Unidentified photographer, 1915 (ca), Solar Spectrum, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30318

Unidentified photographer, 1915 (ca), Solar Spectrum, Gelatin silver print, Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, LL/30319

Sir Arthur Eddington, 1919, 29 May, Total Solar Eclipse, [Royal Astronomical Society expedition to Principe], Halftone, Creative Commons - Wikipedia, LL/39514

E. Allen Bicknell, 1925 (ca), Solar Eclipse, Gelatin silver print, 19 x 23.5 cm, AnamorFose, Courtesy of Xavier Debeerst (Anamorfose - www.anamorfose.be - #1794), LL/8770

Adolf Fassbender, 1925, Total Eclipse, Silver bromide print, 13 7/8 x 16 7/8 ins, Howard Greenberg Gallery, Inventory no: 0022593, LL/37946

Marc Ferrez, Humberto Saraiva Antúnez, and José Carlos de Carvalho, 1888, Moving the Bendégo Meteorite, Albumen print, 9 1/8 x 12 3/16 ins (23.18 x 30.96 cm), SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Foto Forum purchase, 2003.118.A-R, LL/46067

Unidentified photographer / artist, 1874, Lord Lindsey`s Photographic arrangements as set up at Dun Echt, Book illustration, Google Books, LL/38050

John Herschel, 1839, View of the telescope at Slough, Photogenic drawing, Museum of the History of Science, Inventory No: 32127, Herschel's Photographic Experiments, LL/39610

Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1842, View of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, Calotype, Museum of the History of Science, LL/39611

Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1858, Stereoscopically illustrated book. Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth. Published by Lowell Reeve in 1858. The hard bound book has over 450 pages and is illustrated with 20 real photographic stereo views., Book cover, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 282), LL/17483

Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1858, Illustration from Teneriffe - An Astronomer's Experiment, by C. Piazzi Smyth., Stereo, Stereographica - Antique Photographica, Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#17 / 282), LL/17484

F. Florßn, 1882, Telescopio traido por la Comision Francesa para fotografiar el trßnsito de Venus frente al Sol (Bragado, Provincia de Buenos Aires), Albumen print, Private collection of Roberto A. Ferrari, LL/30027

Keystone View Company, n.d., # (P125) P-V26373 Telescope in the Lick Observatory, Stereoview, detail, Jefferson Stereoptics, Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. August 29th & Thurs. August 31st, 2006, # 06-3, Lot 899), LL/13883

Henry Draper, 1880 (ca), Interior of Henry Draper's observatory, Albumen print (?), Hastings Historical Society, Courtesy of the Hastings on Hudson Historical Society, Ph9109B2, LL/38246

Henry Draper, 1880 (ca), Henry Draper's astronomical observatory, Albumen print, Hastings Historical Society, Courtesy of the Hastings on Hudson Historical Society,, LL/38249

Unidentified photographer, 1880 (ca), Lord Ross' Telescope [Ireland], Albumen print, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 ins, Archive Farms, LL/38904

Harvard College Observatory, 1896-1899 (ca), [Bruce Telescope at Harvard College Observatory, Southern Station, Arequipa, Peru, Cyanotype, Harvard University Archives, UAV 630.271 (Album 3, Page 26), LL/41657

Karl Bulla, 1911, Solar Eclipse, St. Petersburg, Gelatin silver print, from glass negative, 16.9 x23.5 cm, CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux, Binoche et Giquello, épreuves choisies, 18 november 2010, lot no: 102, LL/41109

Eugène Atget, 1912, April, L'Eclipse, avril 1912, Albumen print, 18.0 x 21.9 cm (trimmed), George Eastman Museum, Digital Accession Number: 1976:0118:0025.0001, LL/45516