There's lots of disagreement in France about this poll (especially from the "purists" who's rather read astronomie magazine) as indeed nebody can see the Earth from space or even Eta Carina.
But the poll wasn't for the astrophotographer alone.
That's what I tell the amateurs using scopes with CCD's and webcams: "you don't have the monopoly in contemplating the Heavens".

Ciel et Espace was the magazine that got me interested in astronomy, after I was interested in space. Many don't like the magazine because it's not deep enough for the "real" amateur astronomers.
From Belgium, it sounds crazy but there is a real dislike against C&E (for its broader scope and commercialization) among some circles.

Raoul