I do believe it’s true…Galaxy Zoo will be going live in less than a week. We need your help to sort through the million or so galaxies imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. No experience is required, and you get to be literally the first person to set eyes on part sof the Universe which surrounds us. If you sign up now you might just get a sneak preview.
Update: The Galaxy Zoo is now open for business. No giraffes, though.
James on July 9, 2007
The website works Great !
Alice Sheppard on July 10, 2007
I just wanted to put up a little tip for anyone like me who loses their sense of direction as soon as they’re asked about it . . .
The clockwise/anticlockwise thing. I spent ages trying to draw diagrams and work it out for every single spiral. Then I got used to the fact that the arms trail along behind, like the silvery bits in a whirlpool, so I just visualised each galaxy as a whirlpool and made little circular motions with my finger. Must have looked a right freak in the 24-hour computer room but it worked a treat!
You’re a menace, Chris and all you other zookeepers, putting up something so pretty and relaxing and addictive a week before my exams start . . . are there any Norwegian Blues?
Paul Sutherland on July 10, 2007
>Update: The Galaxy Zoo is now open for business. No giraffes, though.
Nothing in Camelopardalis, then?
Alice Sheppard on July 10, 2007
If we’re going in this direction I think you ought to put some starfish on display.
(Sorry, how could I resist?)
Bess Arden on July 11, 2007
Best way for the clockwise/anti-clockwise thing is start at the TIP of a galaxy trail and move INWARD towards the center. You will get it right every time. AA
Janet Raloff on July 11, 2007
Trying to reach a galaxy zoo-keeper for more info. Want to announce it in this week’s issue…if possible.
Dave Cartwright on July 11, 2007
How do I sign up I’m involed with Bonic (seti) and would love to do this as well
Thanks Dave
Arthur Ray on July 11, 2007
Heard about galaxyzoo on the Today Programme this morning. It would be so exciting for an ordinary Joe to be part of this project. I tried and tried again to connect but the zoo was closed. Maybe tomorrow – or midnight tonight.
Ian Regan on July 12, 2007
Great article by Phil Plait here:
http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/07/11/discover-new-galaxies/
Sticks on July 12, 2007
Sorry guys for it falling over, I went over to http://www.bautforum.com (Bad Astronomy and Universe Today) and told everyone there. Phil Plait has done a blog on it as well (http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/07/11/discover-new-galaxies) so that helped drive the traffic.
Have not had time to have a go myself due to pressure of time from other things.
Dawn on July 12, 2007
I have tried since it’s supposed opening and can’t get into galaxy zoo! HELP! I want to participate.
Open Source Astronomy: Galaxy Zoo at Orbiting Frog on July 13, 2007
[...] I saw the link on Chris Lintott’s blog and then later on Digg, but basically this is an exercise in crowd-sourcing – harnessing the power of the multitude to perform tasks usually only done by specialists. In this case, a group of researchers need to identify about a million galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Computers have always been a bit rubbish an image recognition so they are asking for the population of the internet to go and do it for them – an excellent idea. [...]