[AstroNet] Citizen Scientist

[Sam Rametse]

Hello Everyone,

 

Citizen science is a great way of involving the learners, teachers and the
public in scientific research. There are a number of citizen science
projects around the world, one of the most successful ones being Zooniverse.


 

Check out their email below and get involved.      

 

 

The Andromeda Project is Back!

 

Greetings,

Last year we launched the Andromeda Project
(http://www.andromedaproject.org/
<http://www.andromedaproject.org/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm
_content=TopAll&utm_campaign=APRelaunch> ) and asked the public to help us
locate star clusters in our nearest neighbouring galaxy: Andromeda (M31).
The project was a phenomenal success and in less than three weeks volunteers
had classified more than a million images. This week we want to try and do
it again! Today we're releasing a whole new batch of data into the Andromeda
Project and we're calling this Round 2.

The data you'll see are amazingly detailed images from the Hubble Space
Telescope, which has peered deep into Andromeda as part of the PHAT survey.
The aim of the Andromeda Project is to the locate all the star clusters and
background galaxies found in PHAT and to build up the most complete map of
any spiral galaxy anywhere. This is amazing science that can only be done
with the help of citizen scientists.To join the Andromeda Project visit
http://www.andromedaproject.org/
<http://www.andromedaproject.org/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm
_content=BottomAll&utm_campaign=APRelaunch>  - thank you and good luck!

Thanks,

Rob and the Zooniverse Team

PS: We're looking for beta testers for a new history project. If you're
interested in helping us out, and seeing what we have up our sleeves, then
email team at zooniverse.org with the subject line 'History Beta'

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