With all of the beta key craziness and release speculation going around right now it's nice to have some interesting unrelated info. to keep things sane. I know there are plenty of members here that have shown a keen interest in astronomy and science in general, so I would like to share with those of you who are unfamiliar an amazing site. Basically this is a site that has a huge compendium of images of galaxies taken by the hubble space telescope, so many that scientists simply can't identify them all. The site teaches you the basics and then lets you loose to identify galaxies, you go through a set of criteria and then your answers are added to a database cataloguing all of the user submitted info. The incredible thing is several NEW TYPES OF GALAXIES have been discovered through this program by regular people, many with no formal training! I love galaxy zoo because I feel like its a chance for anybody with an interest in astronomy to take part in a very important and unique project. Its also a great way to pass the time waiting for Diablo 3!!!
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With all of the beta key craziness and release speculation going around right now it's nice to have some interesting unrelated info. to keep things sane. I know there are plenty of members here that have shown a keen interest in astronomy and science in general, so I would like to share with those of you who are unfamiliar an amazing site. Basically this is a site that has a huge compendium of images of galaxies taken by the hubble space telescope, so many that scientists simply can't identify them all. The site teaches you the basics and then lets you loose to identify galaxies, you go through a set of criteria and then your answers are added to a database cataloguing all of the user submitted info. The incredible thing is several NEW TYPES OF GALAXIES have been discovered through this program by regular people, many with no formal training! I love galaxy zoo because I feel like its a chance for anybody with an interest in astronomy to take part in a very important and unique project. Its also a great way to pass the time waiting for Diablo 3!!!