One of eleven photographs

PART OF:: Series of 11 photographs

Made:: 1883 in Ealing

photographer:: Andrew Anslie Common

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One of eleven photographs, taken by Andrew Ainslie Common of the Orion Nebula (M42) using a 36-inch reflecting telescope with a silver-on-glass mirror in the garden at his home in Ealing, London. Taken with an exposure of 20 minutes on January 5th 1883.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1885-96/7

Materials:: paper

Measurements:: overall (mount): 545 x 755 x 1.5 mm
frame: 30 in x 24 in

type:: black-and-white prints (photographs), astrophotographs and nebulae

credit:: Normal School of Science (Astronomical Laboratory)

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One of eleven photographs

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