Andrew Ainslie Common

Andrew Ainslie Common ( born August 7, 1841 in Newcastle upon Tyne, † June 2, 1903 in Ealing ) was a British astronomer.

He was the son of Thomas Common, a doctor. After his father died early, Common joined the company of his uncle in London and married in 1867.

He made several astronomical photographic experiments with its various telescopes, which he built parts of themselves. With its 36 " reflecting telescope on January 31, 1883 he had a spectacular recording of the Orion Nebula, for which he received the 1884 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. In his observations, he discovered numerous fog, which he published in the Journal of Copernicus. Later, these discoveries by Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer were taken, published in the 1888 New General Catalogue. He is regarded as the discoverer of 29 NGC objects.

From 1895 to 1896 Common was president of the Royal Astronomical Society.