GalaxyZoo
Alex Szalay, professor of astronomy at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and an e-science visionary, sent us this message today.
I do not know if you had a chance to look at GalaxyZoo. It is being served up from JHU, was done in collaboration with Chris Lintott et al. from [the BBC TV programme] Sky At Night. Here are some recent press hits: The Times, the Washington Post, Nature and the BBC.We are getting phenomenal traffic. We will hit 1M galaxy classifications before the end of day 2. Our servers are literally melting down. Another interesting example of how people are actually really interested in science if there is a right presentation, and also they can do something concrete.
Yup, that's one million image classifications in two days. A heart-warming example of online collaboration, and of hardcore science reaching out to, and inspiring, the mainstream.
Comments
Found any cool galaxies?
Post them on the galaxyzoo blog!!
galaxyzoo.wordpress.com
Posted by: Salmon | July 18, 2007 12:29 AM