7 Reasons To Visit Galaxy Zoo

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If a picture is really worth a thousand words, then here is the motherload. Just look at this sample of pictures they want you to sift through! And there are millions more. These are just a few that I found while classifying, and a few I found over at the Galaxy Zoo Blog. I highly recommend checking them out - lots of photos and info on the project there that just might amaze and excite you.

Galaxy Zoo is an internet project with the stated aim of classifying a new galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Hubble's CANDELS survey, among others. Computers would do an unacceptable job at classifying galaxies, mainly because each is so unique. That’s why they’re recruiting anyone and everyone to help out. Click the link above if you're interested in joining!

The universe, with its majestic star-cities, is indeed a wonderful place.
– Sir Patrick Moore

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(photos courtesy of Galaxy Zoo and copyright by Sloan Digital Sky Survey)

Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSS Web Site is http://www.sdss.org/.

The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington.

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