1 million never before seen Galaxies

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Description: Amateurs and professionals alike can now contribute to SDSS (Sloan Digital Sky Survey) science by participating in an internet galaxy classification project. There are one million galaxies in this project to classify. By taking part, you'll not only be contributing to scientific research, but you'll view parts of the Universe that literally no-one has ever seen before and get a sense of the glorious diversity of galaxies that pepper the sky. If you are going to take part, please study the "How to Take Part - Tutorial" and "FAQ page" carefully! I personally find the grading not an easy task. If you find yourself unclear of the right decision. Stop and review the tutorial or Faq again. Many photos are blurry, so it will be difficult to judge. Try not to spend too much time on one image, mark star/don't know or edge-on/unclear (if your sure it's a galaxy) You can even practise a bit w/o logging in. ***TIP*** You may come across a (ring galaxy)or other bizzare galaxies. These should be put into the (edge-on/unclear) bin. Also Irregular galaxies go into the (star/don't know) bin. Maybe they will have a button for these soon? Happy Hunting! www.galaxyzoo.org
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Ujikaweapon1 ::: Favorites This is much better than my shitty galaxyzoo video haha. Nice work, and good luck! 07-08-28 00:09:14 __________________________________________________
besionishe ::: Favorites So far and huge.. it frightens me. I have never seen anything like that before. It doesn't look that massive on a few pictures i your coursebook. 07-08-18 21:14:16 __________________________________________________
inhouseshank ::: Favorites It's easy to see galaxies, but unless you have a very large and expensive scope you need a good camera with very long exposure times 07-08-16 12:04:26 __________________________________________________
IAMoraes ::: Favorites It's a fabulous project, I never imagined any such thing was possible but... 4 weeks later the galaxies are pretty much done with! Do we become galactic orphans then?(:-) 07-08-09 23:55:30 __________________________________________________
04crossfire ::: Favorites Wow...awesome 07-07-30 04:10:23 __________________________________________________
kwakhed23 ::: Favorites excellent! it looks like there are more than a few from the set you posted that should be revisited to check for supernovae, as well. i found it interesting that objects that clearly aren't galaxies made it through at all. i thought the sdss photometrically -- and, when possible, spectroscopically -- checked for redshifts, which should have eliminated non-galactic objects. 07-07-27 07:31:44 __________________________________________________
redshift40 ::: Favorites There are a few bright galaxies you can view with a small telescope under the city lights. A small scope would be fine for viewing the planets, sun and moon. These photos are taken with a very large and expensive 8 foot telescope with adaptive optics (to cancel the turbulence of our atmosphere) at the SDSS site. 07-07-23 00:35:40 __________________________________________________
maareyes ::: Favorites Thats interesting. I didnt know one could see galaxies with an amateur telescope. How much would a telescope that could see this cost? I guess the only downside is having to drive out of town to see anything, unless you live well away from the city. 07-07-21 05:41:49 __________________________________________________