Andrew Ainslie Common FRS (1841–1903) was an English amateur astronomer best known for his pioneering work in astrophotography. Common was born in Newcastle...
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actor, and poet Andrew Ainslie Common (1841–1903), English amateur astronomer Andrew Common (1889–1953), British shipping director John Common, American songwriter...
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breakthrough in astronomical photography when amateur astronomer Andrew Ainslie Common used the dry plate process to record several images in exposures...
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is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus. Discovered by Andrew Ainslie Common in August 1880, it was accidentally "rediscovered" by him the same...
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astronomical photography came in 1883, when amateur astronomer Andrew Ainslie Common used the dry plate process to record several images of the same...
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Sun by Photography, 1877, American Journal of Science and Arts. Andrew Ainslie Common Henry Draper Medal Henry Draper Catalogue The Orion Nebula: Where...
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Amateur astronomy (section Common tools)
Robert Burnham Jr. (1931–1993), author of the Celestial Handbook. Andrew Ainslie Common (1841–1903), built his own very large reflecting telescopes and...
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award 1881 Axel Möller 1882 David Gill 1883 Benjamin A. Gould 1884 Andrew Ainslie Common 1885 William Huggins 1886 Edward Charles Pickering Charles Pritchard...
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Timeline of telescopes, observatories, and observing technology (section Before the Common Era (BCE))
GC of about 1000 new objects, the New General Catalogue 1883 – Andrew Ainslie Common uses the photographic dry plate process and a 36-inch (91 cm) reflecting...
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Coggia (France, 1849–1919) Josep Comas i Solà (Spain, 1868–1937) Andrew Ainslie Common (United Kingdom, 1841–1903) Guy Consolmagno (United States, 1952–)...
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