Re: What's your thinking on this?

Martin R. Howell wrote:
In the ongoing thread which addresses the observation of M1 under light
polluted skies, one poster points out that it is difficult visually but
easy photographically.

I don't consider the capturing of an object with a camera (which CHEATS the
eye) as a valid observation of said object.



One could extend your definition to telescopes - are they then a cheat? After all, they allow your eye to see something the eye alone could not see.

No, I think that any tool that allows your eye to see an astronomical object, directly or indirectly, makes seeing the object an observation.

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