Galaxy Zoo invites YOU to help astronomers
explore the universe.
The following link helps you get started. http://www.galaxyzoo.org/
WHAT exactly is GALAXY ZOO?
Galaxy Zoo "is a scientific project that has invited members of the public to help classify a million galaxies. Those involved are directly contributing to scientific research, while getting an opportunity to view the beautiful and varied galaxies that inhabit our universe. Why do we need people to do this, rather than just using a computer?".....check it out at http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/about/
According to Daniel Goldbloom and I quote: (Galaxy Zoo) "Launched last year by a team of scientists from the U.K. and the U.S., Galaxy Zoo harnesses the curiosity and seemingly endless free time of regular people to make deep space discoveries. The site invites users to browse through images from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey — a project begun in 2000 that seeks to map a quarter of the sky (or around one million galaxies) — and categorize them according to the different types of galaxies or stars pictured therein." http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/08/13/daniel-goldbloom-s-click-here-travel-the-universe-with-galaxyzoo-get-great-stories-at-themoth.aspx
Galaxy Zoo was featured on APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day)
go to: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091026.html
**"teacher has identified an object in outer space..." I read the article in a National Geographic magazine last month and loaned it to a friend. (oops) Will update the details about this article when I get the magazine back. If you want to search it out right now, it was posted on Galaxy Zoo but I am not sure what month. (sorry about that)
**today, 11/17/09 looked for article on google; although I did not find the orginal article by Nat.'l Geographic I did find the following reported by: Reuter's: http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSN0535229720080805
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