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Originally Posted by RB
Just add or leave out an apostrophe or two in your description of said image.
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You probably meant this in jest but this is exactly how people are looking at the typical astro image. The subject is mostly well known and has usually not changed in recent memory. All everybody is looking for are technical defects or errors in the image. Focus, tracking, field rotation, exposure, post-processing etc. make up the difference between two images of the same DSO.
For me this is also the reason why I don't look at many astro images anymore, let alone attempt to capture any myself.
There are obvious exceptions, for example images of changing objects (planets, Sun, comets, nightscapes, astronomical events, etc).