In addition to its capability of being stored, an ordinary (nondigital) photograph has what major advantage over the unaided human eye for astronomical observations?
A) The photograph is sensitive to 70% of the photons that land on it.
B) The photograph can easily be enhanced by feeding its pixels electronically into a computer.
C) The photograph responds to a long exposure time by producing higher resolution.
D) The photograph can be used in conjunction with a filter to observe only certain colors.
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