http://www.metafilter.com/tags/astrophotos Posts tagged with 'astrophotos' at MetaFilter. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:37:06 -0800 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:37:06 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73235/GalaxyZoo%2DFirst%2DAnniversary Today is the <a href="http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2008/07/11/happy-first-birthday-galaxy-zoo/">first birthday</a> of <a href="http://www.galaxyzoo.org/">Galaxy Zoo</a>. The <a href="http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2008/06/03/the-biggest-astronomical-collaboration-in-history-just-how-big/">largest astronomical collaboration in history</a>, Galaxy Zoo has enlisted nearly a <a href="http://www.galaxyzoo.org/Volunteers.aspx">150,000 volunteers</a> to help classify over a million galaxies and <a href="http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2008/05/22/first-paper-accepted/">released</a> <a href="http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2008/07/06/second-paper-accepted/">four</a> <a href="http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2008/05/17/third-galaxy-zoo-paper-submitted/">science</a> <a href="http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2008/06/25/fourth-paper-submitted-lots-of-blue-ellipticals/">papers</a>. It's made a number of interesting discoveries such as <a href="http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2008/06/13/classifying-ring-galaxies/">a large number of ring galaxies</a>, <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080625.html">Hanny’s Voorwerp</a>, and <a href="http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=6732.0">a large number</a> of <a href="http://www.galaxyzooblog.org/2008/06/21/overlapping-galaxies-in-color-and-in-detail/">visually (but not physically) overlapping galaxies</a>. You can help <a href="http://www.galaxyzoo.org/Tutorial.aspx">classify galaxies</a> or <a href="http://www.wavwebs.com/GZ/Mergers/Merger.cgi">classify galaxy mergers</a>. Don't miss the <a href="http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=10470.0">visual catalog of over 250 Objects of the Day</a>--pretty much every one of them stunning.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73235 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:37:06 -0800 astronomy astrophotos galaxy galaxyzoo flug