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Originally Posted by joshman
Counterpoints.
- The majority of Astrophotography is not being taken, nor viewed, nor judged for it's scientific content or merit. And to shoehorn the 99.9% of people into the needs of the 0.1% is an incredibly narrow point of view.
- If the goal is scientific imagery, then yes, I can see a possible need to standardize orientation, and a rotator is of no use to you.
- North-up/West-right orientation is really only valid for imagery taken from earth's surface. I'd be very surprised if the JWST, or EUCLID or Hubble used this convention for their actual scientific observations.
- There is no UP in space.
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Yes, I appreciate your views.. They are valid for you, and for lots of others (that is why I wrote "IMHO" when trying to present my view in the subject.)
However:
1. In amateur world, yes.. but not in scientific community.
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3. Standard coordinate grid (RA, DEC) uses North direction UP on the map, and West to the Right.
4. As in point 3. , that is valid for the photos taken from space as well.