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Starlight as Data: Understanding astrophotography in science and art

When an astrophotographer proudly proclaims, "I captured five hours of data on the Orion Nebula last night," what do they really mean? In everyday terms, they took a long series of photographs of a nebula. But those images are more than just pretty pictures, they are measurements of light,...