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- 11883 amateur photo of Orion Nebula remembered●# PPOD : Just three years after Henry Draper captured the first photograph of the Orion Nebula, British amateur astronom
On February 26, 1883, British amateur astronomer Andrew Ainslie Common exposed a photographic plate for 60 minutes, capturing the Orion Nebula just three years after Henry Draper took the first photograph of it. Common's long exposure revealed far more detail than the human eye could see, marking a turning point in astrophotography. The SETI Institute highlighted the anniversary, drawing attention to how an amateur pushed the boundaries of what photography could reveal about the night sky.