If it’s the former, then it’ll very much depend on their expertise & equipment. One option depending on budget might be “electronically assisted astronomy”:
https://www.bintel.com.au/eaa-intro/
You can add a digital camera to a telescope and there are quite a few complete “smart telescope” systems out there which take digital images of the sky:
https://www.space.com/best-smart-telescopes
Mark McCaughrean /
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2024-07-25 22:45:33
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