Galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger that lies around 520 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion, is captured in this stunning NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observation. This observation is a gem from a citizen science project, known as the Galaxy Zoo proje
Galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger that lies around 520 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion, as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Keel
Galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger that lies around 520 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion, is captured in this stunningThis observation is a gem from a citizen science project, known as the Galaxy Zoo project, in which hundreds of thousands of volunteers classifiedto help scientists solve a problem of astronomical proportions — how to sort through the vast amounts of data generated by robotic telescopes.
The Galaxy Zoo project originated when an astronomer was given the impossibly mind-numbing task of classifying more than 900,000 galaxies by eye. By making a web interface and inviting citizen scientists to contribute to the challenge, the Galaxy Zoo team was able to crowdsource the analysis. It was an incredible success: within six months a legion of 100,000 volunteer citizen astronomers had contributed more than 40 million galaxy classifications.
Since its initial success, the Galaxy Zoo project and its successor projects have contributed to more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles and led to a rich variety of intriguing astronomical discoveries above and beyond their initial goals. The success of the project also inspired more than 100 citizen science projects on the Zooniverse portal, ranging from analyzing data from the
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