2001/06/18 by Kevin Krisciunas, K. Krisciunas, Krisciunas, Kevin
Chemistry · Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Calibration and Measurement Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0106313
13 pages, 2 figures, 40 references
arxiv created 2001/06/18 · openalex publication_date 2001/06/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this brief article I review the history of astronomical photometry, touching on observations made by the ancient Chinese, Hipparchus and Ptolemy, the development of the concept (and definition) of magnitude, the endeavors of Argelander and Zoellner, work at Harvard at the end of the 19th century, and the development of photography, photomultipliers, and CCD's and their application to astronomy.