Common, Andrew (1841-1903)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3545. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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An English amateur, Common made several large telescopes, and in 1881-2
used his 36 in telescope to photograph Comet 1881b and, for the first
time, the Orion Nebula. It was immediately apparent that long exposures,
which could accumulate the light of faint stars, opened out the field of
astronomical research....

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