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Astronomy Outreach with
Karen Masters
ICG Portsmouth, UK
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Galaxy Zoo
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Scientific Impact of Galaxy Zoo
Galaxy Zoo papers (including submitted) since 2007: 61
Number of non-GZ papers mentioning “Galaxy Zoo” since 2007: 603
Citations to 1st Galaxy Zoo project paper (Lintott+08): 277
Total citations to all Galaxy Zoo papers: >2,000
Getting others to use your data & your science: priceless
www.zooniverse.org/publications
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Karen Masters: Galaxy Zoo, 4th August 2015 @KarenLMasters
8 years of Galaxy Zoo
July 2007: Galaxy Zoo 1: 1 million SDSS galaxies
Feb 2009: Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphology, 0.25 million SDSS
Galaxy Zoo Bar Lengths: Bar
lengths, widths for 3000 GZ2 bars
Apr 2010: Galaxy Zoo Hubble: Public optical HST surveys COSMOS, GOODS etc.
Aug 2012: Galaxy Zoo 4: new software, HST CANDELS and SDSS DR8
Galaxy Zoo Quench: Small project,
more engagement
Oct 2013: UKIDSS: 70,000 UKIDSS images of SDSS galaxies (+FERENGI redshifted images, SDSS DR8,
CANDELS)
Jan 2014: Radio: Cross-matching IR and radio images of galaxies
Now: more CANDELS/HST images, SDSS single filter
Soon: Illustrius, DECaLS (DES we hope) …… and more
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Karen Masters: Galaxy Zoo, 4th August 2015 @KarenLMasters
8 years of Galaxy Zoo
July 2007: Galaxy Zoo 1: 1 million SDSS galaxies
Feb 2009: Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphology, 0.25 million SDSS
Galaxy Zoo Bar Lengths: Bar
lengths, widths for 3000 GZ2 bars
Apr 2010: Galaxy Zoo Hubble: Public optical HST surveys COSMOS, GOODS etc.
Aug 2012: Galaxy Zoo 4: new software, HST CANDELS and SDSS DR8
Galaxy Zoo Quench: Small project,
more engagement
Oct 2013: UKIDSS: 70,000 UKIDSS images of SDSS galaxies (+FERENGI redshifted images, SDSS DR8,
CANDELS)
Jan 2014: Radio: Cross-matching IR and radio images of galaxies
Now: more CANDELS/HST images, SDSS single filter
Soon: Illustrius, DECaLS (DES we hope) …… and more
2010: launch of Zooniverse
• www.zooniverse.org
• 1.3 million users
• more than 30 projects
• from ancient papyrus, to WW1 diaries,
whale song and penguin watching
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~30 active projects
1.4 million volunteers
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Karen Masters: Galaxy Zoo, 4th August 2015 @KarenLMasters
The Zooites (A Human Computer)
(Raddick et al. 2009 astroph/0909.2925)
In 2015:
~15,000 classifications per week
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Galaxy Zoo for Educators
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Galaxy Zoo for Educators
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Galaxy Zoo Navigator
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Galaxy Zoo Navigator
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Galaxy Zoo Navigator
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Zooteach
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Zooniverse.org
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Zooniverse Project Builder
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Zooniverse Project Builder
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Zooniverse.org
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Galaxy Zoo for Outreach
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Building Your Own Project
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Making it real….
“Hands on, minds on science”
“Thrill of possible discovery””
“Teaches that not everything has been
discovered”
education.zooniverse.org
Victoria Talkington, Middle
School Teacher
www.sdss.org
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www.galaxyzoo.org
@galaxyzoo
www.zooniverse.org
@the_zooniverse
www.zooteach.org
@zooteach
@KarenLMasters