1851 07 28 Berkowski, 28 July 1851

Johann julius friedrich berkowski made the first solar eclipse photograph on july 28, 1851, also using the daguerrotype process, at the royal observatory in königsberg, prussia (now kalinigrad in russia). Berkowski, a local daguerrotypist, observed at the royal observatory. A small 6-cm refracting telescope was attached to the 15. 8-cm fraunhofer heliometer and a 84-second exposure was taken shortly after the beginning of totality. Date: 28 July 1851.