Yep...gets a bit fuzzy....
Was Rob McNaught an amateur when he took a snap of his comet with a Canon DSLR?....or would that only count if he used the UK Schmidt?
Therein lies the rub. I suspect unless use an "institutional telescope" (read really big telescopes that belong to Universities etc.) then you are an "amateur" ie taking images for the love of it, not for a paycheque or research paper.
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