Cosmic Demolition Derby November 24, 2009
Posted by jcconwell in Galaxy.Tags: colliding galaxies, galaxies
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Do you like collisions…big collisions? Is the LHC smashing together little protons just not enough for you? Then wet your citizen science taste-buds on something really big. Brought to you by our friends at galaxy zoo, and debuting today, colliding galaxies!
“The analogy I’ve been using is that it is like driving past a car crash,” said Galaxy Zoo team member Chris Lintott from Oxford University. “You get a snapshot of the action, but there are two things you want to know: what caused the crash (or what did things look like before it all went wrong), and you want to know what the outcome is going to be. We’re doing the same thing. We want to know what the galaxies looked like before the mergers started disrupting them, and we want to know how they are going to end up. Just like our other Galaxy Zoo projects, humans are much better at doing this than computers, and lots of humans are even better.” (Credit , Universe Today)
Galaxy Zoo visits EIU MSNS Students August 13, 2009
Posted by jcconwell in Astronomy, Galaxy.Tags: EIU, Galaxy, Galaxy Zoo, Green Pea Galaxies, Hanny's Voorwerp
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If you are looking to become a citizen scientist there is no better way than a to go the Galaxy Zoo web site and become a ”zooite”. My graduate level Astronomy for Teachers class was lucky enough to have an introduction to the project from one of the Galaxy Zoo researchers Georgia Bracey.
Georgia Bracey explaining Galaxy Zoo
- EIU MSNS Teachers Learning about Galaxy Zoo
More than 150,000 people have taken part in Galaxy Zoo so far, producing a wealth of valuable data and sending telescopes on Earth and in space chasing after their discoveries. Zoo 2 focuses on the nearest, brightest and most beautiful galaxies. The newest project added is the HUNT FOR SUPERNOVAE . If your lucky , you could also be one of the people to be to discover whole new classes of objects like “Hanny’s Voorwerp” or the “Green Peas Galaxies“
Hanny's Voorwerp (Green Object)
"Green Pea" Galaxies
Galaxy ZOO 2 Up and Running! February 23, 2009
Posted by jcconwell in Astronomy, Galaxy.Tags: Astronomy, galaxies, Galaxy
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Galaxy Zoo 2 is a GO….
The original Galaxy Zoo was launched in July 2007, with a data set made up of a million galaxies imaged with the robotic telescope of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With so many galaxies, the team thought that it might take at least two years for visitors to the site to work through them all. Within 24 hours of launch, the site was receiving 70,000 classifications an hour, and more than 50 million classifications were received by the project during its first year, from almost 150,000 people.
Galaxy Zoo 2 just started with a liitle different twist, looking at nearer galaxies. Go there to find out more and maybe you can make a new discovery like Hanny’s Voorwerp, the blue object below.
