We’ve been working hard at making sense of the X-ray data from Suzaku and it turns out we (that is, Shanil) will have to do a very, very careful analysis of the data beyond what is described in the handbook to be sure we understand what the data mean. In the meantime, I’ve started the [...]
Check it out: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091026.html
Thanks to all of you who submitted entries, your creativity amazes us every day.
The Astronomy Picture of the Day folks who have brought us so many beautiful images of our Universe are looking for a suitable entry from Galaxy Zoo. In the best forum tradition, I’ve started a thread where you can submit and discuss images that you think best represent the creative spirit of the Zoo. So [...]
Someone sent me the following link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/archers/catch/
Friday’s episode (October 2nd), 5:50 in. It’s a cute mention.
“People all over the world, categorizing galaxies… It’s rather, addicting,
actually.
I’m working on the Suzaku data that we’ve obtained on IC2497, the galaxy next to Hanny’s Voorwerp. X-rays, especially the really energetic ones that Suzaku is able to detect are probably the best way to probe whether the black hole in a galaxy is actively feeding or not. Shanil Virani and I are currently working [...]
Hello everyone and thank you for reading this blog post. You will read how a group of people, non-professional astronomers, from around the world got together to seek a common goal.
My name is Aida Bergés and my Galaxy Zoo name is Lovethetropics. I’m Dominican by birth but live in Puerto Rico, and I hunt Irregular [...]
… can be found here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/citizen-science-alliance-meeting-at-greenwich-royal-observatory
Just a quick note that Manda’s submitted paper on machine learning is now available on astro-ph.
It’s usually me who is reminding people to go blog about paper submissions and acceptances, so it’s a bit embarassing that I forgot to remind myself last week to announce the submission of the latest Galaxy Zoo paper.
I’ve been working on it for a while, probably over a year. The paper took so long to [...]
The Galaxy Zoo AGN host galaxies paper is nearing the final draft stage.
Note to self: when converting a document from British to American spelling, do not just automatically replace all instances of `ise’ with `ize!’