Mark McCaughrean on Nostr: If it’s the former, then it’ll very much depend on their expertise & equipment. ...

If it’s the former, then it’ll very much depend on their expertise & equipment. One option depending on budget might be “electronically assisted astronomy”:

https://www.bintel.com.au/eaa-intro/

You can add a digital camera to a telescope and there are quite a few complete “smart telescope” systems out there which take digital images of the sky:

https://www.space.com/best-smart-telescopes