File:Orion-Nebula A A Common.jpg
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English: This is a scan of the 1883 photo of the Orion Nebula made by Andrew Ainslie Common (1841–1903) for which he won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1884. |
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| Source | Andrew Ainslie Common (1841-1903) - This scan is from p. 29 of The Colour of the Stars by Malin and Murdin (1984, Cambridge University Press) |
| Author | Andrew Ainslie Common (1841-1903) |
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This picture is the frontispiece in Agnes Clerke's History of Astronomy (1902, 4th edition) A high quality scan: http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/library_images/AMI_85.jpg |
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
| This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. | |
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| current | 13:01, 16 July 2016 | 1,056 × 800 (254 KB) | SteinsplitterBot | Bot: Image rotated by 180° |
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