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You may not have any professional affiliations but you can still rebut their finding in a professional forum, or letter to a journal. So long as you have some professional backup to bolster your assertions, then you have no worries. Make sure, though, that you have all the data to back yourself up. I'd go ahead with stating where they're wrong. If they dismiss your letter offhand just because you're an amateur, especially since you have the relevant experience in observing these objects, then they're just being arrogant. This is one area where an amateur with enough experience in the practical side of observations can actually make a meaningful contribution to the literature and the science.
Don't waste the opportunity to put your case.
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