RE: [APML] ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER??

["Josh Adler" <josha@bigpond.net.au>]

> Situation: Someone takes a photo of an eclipse...maybe an 
> aurora... but is otherwise generally inactive in telescopy 
> and/or photography. Is this person an "astrophotographer"?
>   This question arises after a local newspaper printed a 
> picture of the recent solar eclipse, taken by a person who is 
> not involved in telescopy, has a general knowledge of 
> astronomy and only takes pics of general events as mentioned 
> above, but was attributed by the paper as being an astrophotographer.
>   Thoughts?


It's not really like being a Doctor is it? Yeah, sure, why not? 

Cheers,

Josh



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