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English: The first telescope of the Harvard College Observatory (HCO), "The Great Refractor" was installed in 1847. That telescope was the largest in the United States from its installation until 1867. With it, the first daguerreotype ever made of a star, the bright Vega, was taken by John A. Whipple working under W.C. Bond, following several years of experiments using smaller telescopes.
Español: El primer telescopio del Observatorio de la Universidad de Harvard (HCO), "el Gran Refractor", se instaló en 1847. Ese telescopio fue el más grande de los Estados Unidos desde su instalación hasta 1867. Con él fue realizado el primer daguerrotipo de una estrella, la brillante Vega, por John A. Whipple trabajando para W.C. Bond, tras varios años de experimentos con telescopios más pequeños.
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First star photograph (α Lyrae, Vega) obtained by John Adams Whipple and William Cranch Bond using the 38 cm Harvard refractor (daguerreotype, 100 s exposure).
Primer fotografía de una estrella (α Lyrae, Vega) tomada por John Adams Whipple y William Cranch Bond utilizando el refractor Harvard de 38 cm (daguerrotipo, exposición de 100 s).
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