• Site News

    March 12th, 2010

    By danielthomas

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    Galaxy Zoo auf Deutsch!

    Galaxy Zoo goes international. Nachdem unsere Webseiten schon seit einiger Zeit in Polnisch zur Verfuegung stehen, haben wir jetzt endlich die langerwartete deutsche Version. Saemtliche Links zur Zoo-Story, zur Zoo-Wissenschaft, und natuerlich zum Klassifizieren sind jetzt in deutscher Sprache vorhanden. Falls ihr euch nicht sicher wart ob ihr die Kategorien alle richtig verstanden habt – klassifiziert die hundert tausend Galaxien doch einfach nochmal :-) ! Und was viel wichtiger ist: jetzt koennen endlich eure Freunde und Verwandten mitmachen, die des Englischen weniger maechtig sind. Also – viel Spass beim “clicken”!

  • Random, Science

    March 7th, 2010

    By georgiabarrie

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    Ring of the Week: Arp 87

    Ring of the Week: Arp 87

    “Up on a hill, as the day dissolves
    With my pencil turning moments into line
    High above in the violet sky
    A silent silver plane – it draws a golden chain
    One by one, all the stars appear
    As the great winds of the planet spiral in
    Spinning away, like the night sky at Arles
    In the million insect storm, the constellations [...]

  • Observing, Science

    March 5th, 2010

    By BillKeel

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    Hubble observations – any week now!

    Speaking of the long-awaited Hubble observations of Hanny’s Voorwerp – where are they? We know certain windows when each can be done, and is supposed to be carried out. One such week-long window has already gone by without getting data, so things are narrowed down a bit.

  • Observing, Science

    March 4th, 2010

    By BillKeel

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    UV(oorwerp) from Space

    UV(oorwerp) from Space

    We have some new results to show off, Hanny’s Voorwerp observed using a space telescope. No, not that space telescope, that’s still coming up (shortly, we hope).
    Soon after the initial results showed what a fascinating object Hanny’s
    Voorwerp was proving to be, it was entered in the observing schedule for NASA’S GALEX satellite (GALaxy Evolution EXplorer). [...]

  • Papers

    March 3rd, 2010

    By Karen Masters

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    Zoo 2 Bars Paper Available Now

    There’s been a lot of interest in the Galaxy Zoo 2 bars paper since I posted about its submission last month. So this is just a quick note to say we decided to make it available on astroph where you can read about the results in full.

  • She's An Astronomer

    March 1st, 2010

    By Karen Masters

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    She’s an Astronomer: Manda Banerji

    She’s an Astronomer: Manda Banerji

    Dr. Manda Banerji is a postdoctoral researcher within the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge where she works on distant galaxies in the Universe. Originally from India, Manda moved to the UK almost 10 years ago to complete her A-levels and never dreamed at that point that she would fall in love with [...]

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