Aug. 4th, 2007
Something incredibly cool
Aug. 4th, 2007 06:17 pmI'm contributing to the study of galaxies, and you can too!
Above is a link to the Galaxy Zoo, where, after going through a short tutorial and taking and passing an even shorter test, you get to look at pictures of unclassified galaxies and classify them as spiral (differentiating between clockwise, anticlockwise, and edge-on), elliptical, or merging. It's actually kind of addictive. Maybe a lot addictive. Oooh, shiny...
Above is a link to the Galaxy Zoo, where, after going through a short tutorial and taking and passing an even shorter test, you get to look at pictures of unclassified galaxies and classify them as spiral (differentiating between clockwise, anticlockwise, and edge-on), elliptical, or merging. It's actually kind of addictive. Maybe a lot addictive. Oooh, shiny...