Galaxy Zoo

[Allister]

Welcome to Galaxy Zoo, where you can help astronomers explore the Universe

The Galaxy Zoo files contain almost a quarter of a million galaxies which have been imaged with a camera attached to a robotic telescope (the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, no less). In order to understand how these galaxies — and our own — formed, we need your help to classify them according to their shapes — a task at which your brain is better than even the fastest computer.
More than 150,000 people have taken part in Galaxy Zoo so far, producing a wealth of valuable data and sending telescopes on Earth and in space chasing after their discoveries. Zoo 2 focuses on the nearest, brightest and most beautiful galaxies, so to begin exploring the Universe, click the ‘How To Take Part’ link above, or read ‘The Story So Far’ to find out what Galaxy Zoo has achieved to date.
Thanks for your help, and happy classifying.
The Galaxy Zoo team.

https://galaxyzoo.org/

It's great geeky fun and help classify the Universe

 

[Bombila]

Pretty neat.

 

[Naraoia]

Thanks for the link! *registers*

 

[Chesterton]

As interesting as studying the shapes of different grains of sand on a beach.

 

[Allister]

But sand on the beach hardly sparks the imagination.

 

[Naraoia]

And sands of grain most likely won't tell us anything grand about the universe.

And, hey, galaxies are plain beautiful. (Though the pictures Galaxy Zoo gives you are more like crappy mobile phone photos ) Which is not saying grains of sand aren't...

 

[Chesterton]

But sand on the beach hardly sparks the imagination.

Only because sand grains are familiar.

And sands of grain most likely won't tell us anything grand about the universe.

I wouldn't rule that out. The small picture is as mysterious as the big picture, and could turn out to be very informative.

 

[pgp_protector]

Thanks for the link! *registers*

Will have to do this also. I've heard of it before, sounded fun & a good way to learn more about astronomy.