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Galaxy Zoo: help astronomers classify galaxies

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Mallory Weiss
Mallory Weiss writes ""Astronomers are inviting members of the public to help them make major new discoveries by taking part in a census of one million galaxies. Visitors to galaxyzoo.org will get to see stunning images of galaxies, most of which have never been viewed by human eyes before. By sorting these images into "spiral galaxies" (like our own Milky Way) or "elliptical galaxies", visitors will help astronomers to understand the structure of the universe. The new digital images were taken using the robotic Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope in New Mexico." (quoted from press release 07/10/2007)

As Dr. Chris Lintott said, laughing, "What we're doing is inviting the public to do our work... I mean, participate in scientific research!""

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