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by Gustomaximus 1798 days ago
To be fair to hobbyists, they contribute significant discoveries even in modern times. Far from pretty pictures of the sky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_astronomy#Discoveries_...

Also I'd expect having an amateur community will feed people into a stronger professional community. While not on the same scale, consider taking the same its just hobbyists approach to software dev vs just leave it to the big guys like FB/Google.

Edit: Spelling/clarity