Galaxy Zoo Talk

Just Chat...

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Welcome to "Just chat..."in Talk. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Go to the last page https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000002/discussions/DGZ0000v89?page=0

    "Just chat..." in the Galaxy Zoo Forum had more than 100,000 posts and 2 million views http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=6950.0

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    image from http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110402070709/illogicopedia/images/5/5b/Galaxy-in-a-Coffee-Cup.jpg

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    hello

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Ah, just what I needed ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • diver4skynsea by diver4skynsea

    Good morning!

    Love the coffee cup... ๐Ÿ˜„ Going to sort through a few projects then heading off to the Mojave Desert for an adventure. Hope everyone has a beautiful day!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hey, great to see you here ! Have an exciting adventure and stay safe ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Yay - we have a chat thread! No coffee for me - I want an early night tonight!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Maybe something poured in a glass ? ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • mrniaboc by mrniaboc admin

    Hey, it's really good to see you guys getting a general chat area up-and-running on here, nice work! For those of you who haven't heard, we are currently thinking about what the next version of Talk should be like. You can give us feedback by filling in this form.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi Grant and thanks for the feedback opportunity ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hey Grant ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Nice to see you pop by!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hey Els, I think I might have a glass of something now ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Argentina is in the final, so I am in the ยฃ seat for an entire ยฃ20 pounds if they win , ยฃ10 if they come second ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
    Will save the money for Oxford and buy you a round ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • jules by jules

    Well hello everyone. Loving the new cafe!
    Just have time for an Earl Grey before a few more clicks. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Earl Grey and something else is coming up ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hey Jules ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    You and the regulars are also included in the round at Oxford ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    If anyone is wondering what on earth I am talking about with regards to Oxford - have a look at this thread - it really is a wonderful opportunity to meet your fellow classifiers and Scientists!

    If you are new, this thread is also a good place to get to know everyone ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    I can imagine this thread getting very large very fast.

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  • zookeeper by zookeeper admin, scientist

    Hello all.

    Mine's a pint. I have Germany in the Oxford sweepstake, so if Capella doesn't win I'm happy to contribute my winnings to a round at the Oxford meetup.

    Looking forward to it immensely!

    Chris

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Looks like the first round in the Royal Oak is taken care of ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • jules by jules

    I'll drink to that! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket with my winnings ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    You never know!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Oh why word Geoff!

    When did you learn how to use Talk!

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    I've been learning from your "How To" guide Capella!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    ha, ha, ha - I will finish it off this weekend ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Keeps me out of trouble!

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  • tsering by tsering in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Hello - well actually goodnight, I must head for bed ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Chamomile, honey and vanilla tea for anyone before I go? ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • tsering by tsering in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Hey, my avatar works in here! It had disappeared in the GZ forum.....

    Tomorrow I must have a look at Capella's "how to" ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Peter_Dzwig by Peter_Dzwig

    The coffee is very Rodchenko. see here or here - look no galaxies!

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  • Peter_Dzwig by Peter_Dzwig

    Where is the "How to" Capella?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Welcome Tsering and Peter ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I think there might be some rooibos in the corner?

    So good to see some familiar faces!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    @Peter - I think Infinity would love those pictures ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Chris popped in, and he has promised to be back. So has Grant.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Ooops - @PeterD - here you go:

    http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000005/discussions/DGZ0000utn

    I still have some work to do on it, I was caught a bit off guard! I had been preparing it for the SW re-launch later this year.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Heading off to bed - have a wonderful weekend everyone!

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Just got off work myself. Have a nice3 sleep Capella05 Sorry have not got the smilies down yet

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    No worries!

    The smilies (or emojies ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ) are the first on my wish list for Talk - it would be so nice to have them hot linked!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Better get back to 'work', the 'How To' thread is somehow not writing itself!

    Very disappointing ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

    Especially when I have a new steam cleaner to try out ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Rona by Rona

    Hello everybody, just trying out my newly acquired 'Talk' skills ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Rona!

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N.

    Nice to have somewhere to chat... As now I've managed to stop crying over the closure of GZF (it meant a lot to me), I'd like to thank Zookeeper Chris and then 'blow my own trumpet'.

    I've been more and more active on Wikipedia (almost exclusively on GZ topics), and after reading Chris L.'s Twitter page:
    (quoting from May 1st) "Wow! @RoyalSociety is offering wikipedia editors with a strong track record access to their journals! 24 Wikipedians to get 1 year #free access to @royalsociety & @NASciences prestigious science journals", I put my name down for a free subscription to the Royal Society. Why not?

    6 weeks later I've been emailed that I've been given a year's free access to the Royal Society's journals! Nice! This has much to do with GZ, as without those objects, I wouldn't be editing Wiki! My latest activity is updating the 'Hanny's Voorwerp' article, which at the moment is out-of-date and pretty dreadful (any comments welcome).

    So, self-congratulatory posting over! Back to Wiki!
    https://royalsociety.org/

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Congrats Rick ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    and hi Rona ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Nice to see you again Rick ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • jules by jules

    Happy Saturday all!

    Congrats Rick - that's a lot of Wiki work you have lined up! Promise I'll go have a look. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    That's a fab Talk tutorial Capella - mind if I link to it from Milky Way Talk?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Go right ahead, Jules ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    There were extenuating circumstances as to why I had to post a warning.I just got tired of being quoted out of context.

    And I promise it will be finished this weekend!

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  • jules by jules

    Thanks! No rush - you have steam cleaning to do... ๐Ÿ˜›

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I do!

    It is my version of stress relief!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    BTW if any of you have suggestions / amendments for the 'How to - talk' thread, please let me know!

    Geoff has already made a good suggestion, that has been incorporated ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • mrniaboc by mrniaboc admin

    In the interest of openness I too have Germany in a sweepstake!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Really?

    I am trying to find a 'humph' emoji with no luck. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Go Argentina!

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  • jules by jules

    Will this do?

    enter image description here

    No idea who to support in the final - I was hoping the Netherlands would make it when England didn't.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    That is perfect! Better get back to cleaning....

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Capella05's comment.

    Here are a few (in no particular order):

    • limit each # to just one page (I see you're currently up to #2). Silly as it sounds, it took me a while to realize that there can more than one page ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Also, if Search finds one of your how-to's, it won't take you to the page the text searched on is on (so if there's just one page ...)

    • add a note about PMs: you'll see ALL your PMs, no matter from which v2 Talk Zooniverse project they were sent (it can come as a bit of a shock to realize someone is PMing you from SpaceWarps, say, while you're busily reading GZ Talk)

    • have someone else do a spell check/etc (i.e. proof read); autocorrect is nice, but it is sometimes wrong, and sometimes misses stuff (e.g. "Lets" when you meant to write "Let's")

    • in that vein: if you're referring to Talk (the feature), always capitalize it, reserving "talk" for its usual meaning

    • "I think it is really important to point out that SkyServer / NED and SINBAD are not always correct! I have seen stars classified as galaxies and visa versa." this is a great learning opportunity! NED itself does little adjudication, it is mostly about collecting everything it can find about every object, from every catalog and paper, ever! It also has some nice value-adds. However, some of the references are quite old, so it's no surprise they're 'wrong'; this too is great for learning ... why did they get it wrong 50 years' ago? (also, typo SIMBAD)

    Hope this helps.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    So, having fun with the steam cleaner ? ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    I am!

    It is very stress relieving!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to JeanTate's comment.

    Thanks for the input - I will take it into consideration.

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    I brought the GZ kettle with me, so help yourselves ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Capella05's comment.

    You're welcome! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    One more: there are ~five, mutually incompatible Message platforms: v2 Talk, v1 Talk (e.g. used by Planet Hunters), and the three (?) remaining forums (SSW, MoonZoo, OldWeather). Perhaps the most confusing is that v1 and v2 Talks are the same in the sense that a Message sent in any Zooniverse project can be read when you're logged in in any other that shares it, but v1 is blind to v2 (and vice versa). Likely it's mostly a problem for newbies who are checking different projects out, and for those quite familiar with one and then put their toe in the water of another.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Infinity!

    Thank-you, I will have a cup of Earl Gray ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    'Pours' Enjoy, very refreshing on an unexpectedly hot day ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Just started watching 'Galaxy Quest' - I know someone zooniverse recommended it to me - so here goes!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    15 minutes in and it is still AWESOME!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    I love Galaxy Quest ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

    One of my absolute favorites!

    I drew Bosnia in the World Cup sweepstakes, so I've been comfortable with the fact I'm not going to win for a while now. XD

    Tonight I'm thinking of putting on Ghostbusters in honor of its recent 30th anniversary. I do have work to do, but I've seen it so many times I can actually get a bit done with it on... really! I swear!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Ghostbusters! I haven't watched that in ages ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Let me get back to Galaxy Quest - I got a bit distracted!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    You do know I am going to have to watch that now ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    BTW Galaxy Quest is awesome!

    Sorry if I have posted it twice-but it is that good!

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  • jules by jules

    2 great films - watched them both again recently. GQ wins every time! Class. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I have just finished GQ and , well , I can't remember the last time I have laughed so hard!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    For me the highlights are having Alan Rickman as a replacement Spock it is such a difficult decision ! ๐Ÿ˜„
    Who do I like more !!!

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    I love so much about that film.

    "Guy, you have a last name."

    "DO I? DO I?!"

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Ooh yes the guy, guy ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to vrooje's comment.

    Lol - I am still laughing!

    Wow - that is one awesome film!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I am a massive Star Trek fan - but that just hit the spot!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    When the captain does his roll ! That is just too funny !

    This has got to be the one and only perfect spoof movie !

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    What about Spaceballs?

    That was also good, no? Yeah,it hasn't aged well, but it was still classic in its time ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    I play "Galaxy Quest" once a year as a treat for myself, and just laugh and laugh. I love it when Guy says
    "Do you guys ever watch this show?" and think of it when watching other shows when something bad is going to happens, but the characters go in anyway.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Sounds like an excellent tradition ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Good day everyone! Have a nice one.

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  • zookeeper by zookeeper admin, scientist in response to Budgieye's comment.

    If you like that you'd like the recent novel, Redshirts, which is what happens when the Star Trek characters manage to work out they're in a TV show..

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N. in response to Infinity's comment.

    Good to see you've made it to 'the other side'.

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  • jules by jules in response to zookeeper's comment.

    "If you like that you'd like the recent novel, Redshirts, which is what happens when the Star Trek characters manage to work out they're in a TV show.."

    Just downloaded it to my Kindle - why did I not know about this! ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to Rick N.'s comment.

    Thanks Rick, you too ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    Oh and another GQ fan here too!

    As for Ghostbusters, I still have the original 'glow in the dark' 12" vinyl too ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to jules's comment.

    Ooohhh - same here! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Thanks for the recommendation Chris!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Infinity's comment.

    Vinyl? A record?

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  • mrniaboc by mrniaboc admin

    I have never actually seen Galaxy Quest. I must rectify this immediately!

    If y'all are interested in Start Trek related humour (and a bit of shameless self-promotion), you should check out the new podcast by myself and Rob Simpson about re-watching TNG. The first two episodes are up already at startrek.therewatch.com

    As we go on we will have other guests stars from the world of the Zooniverse. Any feedback very welcome!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to mrniaboc's comment.

    Will make sure to watch it!

    One of the first things us Zooites bonded over was our love of Star Trek ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to mrniaboc's comment.

    Hah -- I was going to post about ST:TRW but didn't want to come across as too much of a fangirl. Of @mrniaboc and @ttfnrob, that is, not of Star Trek. I am in no way ashamed of my Trekkie status! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Just started downloading TNG to accompany your podcasts ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    Yes, I'm that ancient :p

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Infinity's comment.

    I was thinking it might of been a typo ๐Ÿ˜‰ And you are not that ancient!

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    L-8 Minutes: Terminal Countdown is underway. Coming up on GN2 conditioning and transfer to internal power. http://bit.ly/1quRYei #Orb2

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Infinity's comment.

    watching!

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    A very smooth launch ๐Ÿ˜‰ Orb2

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Well...

    The world cup final will kick off in 30 minutes, and we will have an answer as to who will be contributing to the first round at the Royal Oak ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Go ARGENTINA!

    Did I shout loud enough ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Just a test to see if I can post an image on Talk.

    Patrick at his picnic

    The image shows up but is the wrong size - Flickr has changed the way they work and now nothing works as it should!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I can see it!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Well, with my very limited knowledge on football, it looks like Germany might be out classing Argentina.

    Still nil-nil - but we are only 20 minutes in. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I am sure I have mentioned in another thread, on how much I hate football. This must penance for a previous misdeed.

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  • Rona by Rona

    So can I ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Anyone fancy a glasses of chilled rose, since it's such a lovely warm evening?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Rona!

    Count me in!

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  • Rona by Rona

    Here you go ๐Ÿ˜‰

    enter image description here

    Ooh, my first 'Talk' piccy!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Rona's comment.

    Cheers - Rona! ๐Ÿ˜„

    And congrats on your first pic posted!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Well,it is half time. Still no goals....

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    No goals! but Rona has scored by producing the red ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Infinity's comment.

    Oh rats. Enjoy the red I have to go to work.

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    We'll save you some for later ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Infinity's comment.

    Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    Well done Germany. I'll open the Champagne Rona ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    To change the subject, briefly, just a reminder of the RAS/GZ Picnic in Greenwich Park, this Sunday 20th July.

    Now back to football - the final credits are always well thought out.

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  • tsering by tsering

    Dis someone say champagne? ๐Ÿ˜„

    Congrats to Germany, they deserved it. Great goal too.

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  • jules by jules

    Yes congrats Germany. Though I bet this makes most of the papers tomorrow too! Astronomy (well sort of) meets football. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Well done to whoever spotted the photo opportunity.

    enter image description here

    http://www.buzzfeed.com

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to jules's comment.

    Looks like handball ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to jules's comment.

    Oh and tonight's Moon and test shot

    enter image description here

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  • jules by jules

    An astrophotography thread might be nice. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to jules's comment.

    Yes, indeed ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    This is just a test: There is no reason to be afraid ๐Ÿ˜ƒ enter image description here YES IT WORKED now where is that wine you saved for me Infinity? I want to shared with my new friend here.

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Another image test (to adjust image size):

    ![Patrick at his picnic](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5.jpg width="374" height="500")

    Well, this doesn't work - how do you specify image size.

    In the defunct forum you could look at other people's code and see how they posted their images but that doesn't appear to be possible on Talk.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Yes that is true you cannot quote other post like you could on the old forum which is kind of a bummer. It was a great way to learn how to do it. Here you need all the help you can get to do it and practice. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Hi Liz, how are you finding Talk after the 'other' forum? A big learning curve!

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin

    Hello. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Blockquote Yes that is true you cannot quote other post like you could on the old forum which is kind of a bummer. It was a great way to learn how to do it. Here you need all the help you can get to do it and practice.

    Testing to see what the block quote feature does.

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin

    So note to self - delete "Block quote".

    It's just the ">" symbol in front of words which makes them a quote. A little less intuitive that a button I agree! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon in response to klmasters's comment.

    What we mean by quoting other people's posts in the defunct forum is that you could see the BBcode that had been used in the other person's post. So if they posted an image with size specifications that would show up in the quoted post and you could see how they had managed to post that particular image. In Talk there's no way of finding out how someone else has modified an image to produce a specific size.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Hi, Geoff I have been on this TALK and others for awhile. I am moderator over on Plankton Portal. But I have only use the recent board to communicate. So actually trying to use TALK is a learning Experience.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Oh thanks Geoff you said that well. It was a very cool feature.

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Here's an example of code stolen from the Moon Zoo forum using the "Quote" function which shows how to size an image and also uses the 'Table' construct:

    Three of the highly commended entries (all from the UK) were lunar photos:

    [table][tr][td][i]Lonely Moon by Peter Pihlmann Pedersen[/i]
    [img height=200]http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/img_400/Peter_Pihlmann_-Astronomy_Competition_3-308.jpg[/img][/td][td]
    [i]First-Quarter Moon by Tom Chitson[/i]
    [img height=200]http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/img_400/Tom_Chitson
    -First_Quarter_Moon_308_20110906143126.jpg[/img][/td][td]
    [i]Winter's Moon by Jessica Caterson[/i]
    [img height=200]http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/img_400/Jessica_Caterson_-_Winters_Night_308.jpg[/img][/td][/tr][/table]

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    More image testing:

    Patrick's picnic

    ![Patrick's picnic](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5_s.jpg)
    

    Patrick's picnic

    ![Patrick's picnic](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5.jpg)
    

    Getting better - the second lot of code seems to work.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    s for small?

    Patrick's picnic

    ![Patrick's picnic](htt p://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5_s.jpg)

    ![Patrick's picnic](htt p://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14622862516_5da4ee43c5.jpg)

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Budgieye's comment.

    cool ๐Ÿ˜ƒ but how did you do it?

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Putting an image into a post? Or producing smaller images?

    The former: clicking the image icon brings up a pop-up, into which you can copy (or type, or ...) the URL (=link) of the image. Works similarly to posting images in the GZ forum.

    The latter: the image size is controlled by the source, Flickr in this case (?). The first, small, image is 75x75pix; the latter 375x500pix. These sizes come from the image source, not anything done in HTML in Talk.

    By the way, you can get a lot of info about images, using Firefox: put your cursor over the image, right-click, select "View Image Info", and you get - in a new window - its location (i.e. URL), type (JPEG, in this case), size (in bytes), and 'Dimensions' (which I'd've called size! the number of pixels, in x and y directions). I imagine there's similar functionality in other browsers.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to JeanTate's comment.

    cool! Thanks I will work on it. It would be nice to have a place to try things out with out going off topic in a thread.

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    Over on the Talk Formatting thread Arfon said that image tags in HTML aren't supported, though the last time I tried it they worked fine:

    <IMG SRC="http://www.galaxyzoo.org.s3.amazonaws.com/subjects/standard/1237661083193442789.jpg" WIDTH="250">
    

    will, if supported, make an image of the #beardedalien that's 250 pixels in width (and scaled properly in height, since I didn't specify).

    (If the end of that tag is getting cut off it just had a WIDTH="250" and an ending > sign.)

    As long as that image is still showing up the tag is still unofficially supported; so it works as a last resort right now but may break at any time.

    The only thing I'd add to that is just to be careful as a mistake in this tag can break the way the page displays... but if you absolutely need to re-size an image and can't find another way, it might work.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Joy! It works, I can shrink an image.

    http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/subjects/AGZ00056gl

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  • jules by jules

    I agree we need somewhere to try things out Liz - but maybe Chat is OK for now. Meanwhile I'm just trying out different picture sizes from flickr:

    enter image description here
    enter image description here

    So far so good.

    And vrooje's way :

    Yay! I didn't realise you could resize images at all! This is great - while it lasts! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    That's a painting of Sir Patrick's in the Royal Oak by the way. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I see we're all practising!!!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Well, this is fun ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • c_cld by c_cld

    IMG SRC=" ......." WIDTH="999" > seems max width allowed

    https://www.sdss3.org/images/sdss_grid_spec.png

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  • c_cld by c_cld

    Spiral Galaxy NGC 4565; credit ESO

    http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0525a/

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I see that the grid of spectra was already a grid. Can we put two images side by side?

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Budgieye's comment.

    I think that might happen automatically as long as you put the tags on the same line?

    Not completely sure.

    Note: width=999 may be the max but it also gets cut off at the width of the message window! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Thanks for all the info about posting images with size parameters - I'll start a Talk help document for myself.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    When I get a chance I will try to incorporate it into the tutorial - I don't have a lot of time available in the week ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Oh and i collected an entire ยฃ10 for Argentina coming second! Woohoo - Oxford here we come ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    LOL, an entire 10 quids ! It is better than having won nothing at all !

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    Yeah - I think Germany deserved to win - so I am not too disheartened!

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    Good work on the image posting. I've just returned from a training lap around Richmond Park and then a rehydrating session in the pub!

    Congrats on the win J, I agree on the result.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Oh I forgot to post HAPPY BIRTHDAY JeanTate.

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Happy birthday!

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin

    Oh Happy Birthday Jean! Hope you have fun plans.

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Capella05's comment.

    Well done - a round of drinks? (I bought two drinks, recently in SW London, cost me ยฃ9.)

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Infinity's comment.

    Lucky you Inf!

    By the time we get to Oxford,will that be pre or post 'The big walk' ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Rona by Rona in response to Capella05's comment.

    Still miffed I can't make Oxford this year ๐Ÿ˜ข

    Still, Portsmouth should be good too.....

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    Pre, so I'll still be in Beer training ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    LOL all of the above ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ x

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Excellent - guess it would only be fair for us to beer train along with you ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    Yes please I need the moral support ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    The kettle's on. Help yourselves, tea, coffee available ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • jules by jules

    ...and cookies! Help yourselves - fresh out of the oven. ๐Ÿ˜‰

    enter image description here

    Right, off to do some MilkyWay stuff now (hope you don't mind - I do like to spread myself around!)

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Coffee and cookies what i nice way to start the day! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    heh, and we're way ahead of you, I just had dinner and opened the red. Have a good day ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    And here I sit, looking for candidate circumstellar disks, playing Spore, and wishing I could visit JPL if they weren't already full-booked for tours.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Hi just got off work time for some of the red but I am sure Infinity is fast asleep. So must fend for myself.....OH this white looks good ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    I visited JPL often when I lived near Pasadena, great place!

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Some chilled white would be great a bit later today - we are supposed to be having a heat-wave in England over the next two days.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Oh dear a heat wave I myself do not function well in heat. Let us truly hope you electricity does not go out like mind did yesterday for 3 hours.

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to klmasters's comment.

    @klmasters, vrooje, elizabeth: thank you! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    Oh dear Liz, hope it's all fixed now!

    As we don't have many heat waves we don't have Aircon and the like in homes and some buildings. My office is a beautiful Victorian Gothic structure, so it's a case of shorts and T-shirt today, plus tea and fluids ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Infinity's comment.

    yes plenty of fluids are needed in the heat! take care all of you. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ (speaking as a Nurse now) ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    Thanks Liz ๐Ÿ˜ƒ x

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Infinity's comment.

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ It sure would be nice to have the recent working been off here for over a hour any info anyone? Thanks

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Hi Liz, have you tried clicking the "reload" icon to refresh the page? This works for me ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Oh thank you Geoff yes many times. I can get to the other boards but not the recent. I have been on for awhile now. Must say I hope lighting does not strike me down. This talk needs tech support. sorry to everyone but it does. that is IMHO .

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Hi Liz, maybe you should start a thread in "Help" called "Recent Not Working" and specify your browser and version and also the operating system you're using.

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon in response to elizabeth's comment.

    For people in the UK, the Sky at Night is repeated tonight on BBC4 at 7:30pm - see if you can spot BP ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    Yes, I saw him lurking in the background of the feature at the beginning of that report ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    This bug (?) has been reported. ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    Last night I took my telescope out and learned where the little dipper is. Frankly I'm disappointed in myself for not knowing that until yesterday.

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    Well good that you looked now, did you see the double star? And as you'll know know, it's great in the Northern hemisphere for locating Polaris ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    Nope. I actually just looked around the big dipper a bit, found a star that looked a bit like Polaris, aimed my telescope at it and waited for it to move out of view, which it of course didn't. I was going to look around the area more but then you came up, nearly full, and ruined the rest of my hope of observing any fainter stars with your brightness. ๐Ÿ˜‰ xD

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Ice tea anyone?

    Just got back from a long day in the sun - Clay pigeon shooting and foraging (and no, no pigeons were hurt ๐Ÿ˜‰ )

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    And hopefully - we should see an improvement ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Rona by Rona in response to Infinity's comment.

    Yes, I saw BP practicing his lurking skills too!

    Do you think he'll give me his autograph now he's famous ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator

    heh, possibly and yes to iced tea ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    ........................spoke to soon about talk working better! I have been going batting trying every thing to get anywhere on it for a hour . Ah well I am sure it will be fixed soon( insert rolled eyes) other than that everyone have good day! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Hmmm hope this works

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  • jules by jules

    Hello one and all. Hope those experiencing the UK heatwave today are coping. It decided to give the north of England a miss so business (and cardigans) as usual here! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Talk is working just fine for me by the way - even Recents.

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    The only thing I could use a cardigan for right now is shade! ๐Ÿ˜„ I could definitely down some iced tea right now. Hope the nice weather lasts through the weekend and into next week...

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    Heat wave? Where I live the high is 95 daily and rising.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I am positively melting!

    Here in the UK our houses are designed to keep in the heat (being 51 deg N after all ๐Ÿ˜‰ ) - when we get a heatwave, they turn into ovens - not pleasant. 10 pm at night and I am still recording 34 degrees ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    That certainly doesn't sound very pleasant.

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    I also want to say, looking back on my PMs I recovered from early in galaxy zoo, I'm looking at some of these and thing, "Man, I must have sounded so stupid back then." and I remember thinking how mature I was when I first went on the forums, but in the (nearly) year that I've spent, I've learned much more than just the difference between a star and galaxy, and thank everyone here for helping me with that endeavor.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I feel so embarrassed about the my early posts. I even lurked for 3 days before I posted, and I still cannot believe what mistakes I made. I even emailed a scientist saying that I had found a "supernova" (star overlap).

    :[ ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

    There is more help for the newbie now, but there is more to learn too.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I had a similar experience....

    Fortunately, everyone was so lovely I stuck around ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    @mrniaboc- I now have all the ST-TNG S1 episodes and am about to start watching them...

    Just a warning ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Infinity by Infinity moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    Oh enjoy, got to be way better than walking around in the current hot and humid conditions here, the rain seems to evaporate faster than it wets you ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    He he - just kicked off the first episode ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Well - finally finished the first one (two?)....

    Somewhat under whelmed - now onto to the pod-cast! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    I've noticed that star trek isn't the kind of series that you can have marathons of, but I'm sure there's plenty of fans who would disagree with me.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Nice one @mrniaboc and @tfnrob... ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I may have to create a separate thread for the ST related questions ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • jules by jules in response to Capella05's comment.

    Go on - do it! Love the podcasts so far. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to jules's comment.

    Watch this spot ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

    I love watching Star Trek now as an adult... I somehow feel I can make fun of it without losing any of my love for it, the way my brother and I sometimes playfully tease each other. I'm glad for the excuse to watch it again! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    And tomorrow is my first birthday of finding out about GZ.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to planetaryscience's comment.

    WELL! HAPPY BIRTHDAY and many more!

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    I went to the annual RAS picnic on Sunday 20th July and was the only representative on the Zoo to attend. Quentin Stanley asked me to send his regards to all the people who have attended in the past.

    Preparing for liftoff

    The picture shows the opening of the champagne to begin the picnic.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    cool I hope you had a great time. Champagne to open the picnic. Now that is my kind off picnic. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Plus plenty of strawberries and interesting conversation about galaxies and cosmology ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Ah! I wish I could of been there. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    I completely forgot about the picnic !

    Hope you had a great time ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Rona by Rona in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Drat, missed the picnic!

    I do love Quentin - send him a hug from me if you see him!

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    Meanwhile out of Galaxy Zoo, I'm attempting to star an observation campaign for the long-lost comet 5D/Brorsen.

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  • lboynton by lboynton

    Hello all! I'm back after an extended leave of absence (um, like 5 years or so, sorry), and hope to pick up where I left off with spectra. Good to see you all again. It's good to be 'home.' I hope to learn the new layout soonest!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi lboynton. Great to have you back ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to lboynton's comment.

    Hi @lboyton ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Welcome back!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to lboynton's comment.

    Anyone for an ice slushy? It is HOT!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Anything that is cold will do ! Hot over here as well ! Not complaining though ;D

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Hi everyone. Just a quick question I was not sure where to post it. but the AAAS Symposium in Feb. 2015: Cutting-Edge Research with 1 Million Citizen Scientists. is there any more info I can get on this? It is after all in my neck of the woods.
    ") thanks and if I posted it the wrong thread sorry. LIZ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Hey Liz - I saw that blog as well, and I am intrigued ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Struggling to find additional info, but I will email one of the Scientists involved (Dr Phil) and get back to you.

    When we know more details, I will start a new thread ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Here is the link to the homepage of AAAS - but no info on the symposium yet. I do not know if it is a open event, but I will find out.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Capella05's comment.

    Oh thanks! It reminds me of a time why back at the beginning of the zoo. where they did a live fed. the ("Zookeepers) )that was so cool! It was atso at one these AAAS Symposium things. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Zookeepers? are you listening ๐Ÿ˜„

    I think they might be able to arrange that.... ๐Ÿ˜ƒ I think a lot of Zooniverse people will be interested - we do, after all, have a vested interest ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • c_cld by c_cld

    Citizen Science 2015 is a pre-conference of the AAAS Annual Meeting.

    February 11th-12th, San Jose, California, USA

    http://citizenscienceassociation.org/conference/citizen-science-2015/overview/themes/#education

    blog.galaxyzoo.org (2014/07/18) AAAS Symposium in Feb. 2015: Cutting-Edge Research with 1 Million Citizen Scientists

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to C_cld's comment.

    Thank you all! will check out all the post. Thanlks LIZ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I so wish we could split threads ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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  • raminskibba by raminskibba scientist

    I just noticed your thread. The AAAS will finalize their program for the San Jose meeting and open registration in August, so more information will be available within a couple weeks. We don't know yet which day of the AAAS meeting (12th-16th Feb.) that this will be on, but we should find out soon. You might need to register to attend, but maybe there will be other options. I haven't heard any cancellations among our speakers, so it looks like we'll confirm all six of them, but I want to be sure before we announce them.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Dr Ramin Skibba?

    Not that I doubt you - but this is the internet after all ๐Ÿ˜„

    Wow - nice to meet you ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

    Yep, sorry, I had forgotten to mark him as a scientist! That's fixed now. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Excellent!

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to raminskibba's comment.

    Do you know if those who register to attend will have to pay a fee as well? If so, how much is it likely to be?

    The current registration page seems to suggest that most ordinary zooites would have to pay $399 (as non-AAAS members, and not Postdocs, K-12 Teachers, or Emeritus), or $90 if they are Students (presumably university, not high school or college).

    There also seem to be huge benefits and opportunities for university students, but ordinary zooites who are not such students?

    Student Opportunities

    The Annual Meeting provides many opportunities for students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program. Present in the Student Poster Competition to get feedback on your research from leading scientists and engineers. Register to attend the meeting for a reduced student rate or serve as a session aide to receive free registration and an online subscription to Science.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I will create a separate thread WRT AAAS 2014 in the morning.

    On a different note...In Rona's absence (She is on Holiday ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ) I have decided to be bar keep ๐Ÿ˜„

    Who would like a glass of white? or a cup of tea?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Is the bar still open ? ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Always ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    LOL !

    A glass of white then, please. It's no use going to bed, the neighbours are having a (rather noisy) party ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    In unrelated news, I recently identified a comet found in 2010 in SDSS images by joinpep as asteroid (188617) 2005 QN26. I sent the information to the Minor Planet Center, and we're working on confirmation of the identification.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to planetaryscience's comment.

    Cool! You will keep us updated please. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • c_cld by c_cld in response to planetaryscience's comment.

    Would be nice to get joinpep's post reference or SDSS Id(s).

    Please open an object thread in science for discussion. Thanks

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    I finally made my 10,000th zooniverse classification! AGZ00063il

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to planetaryscience's comment.

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Awesome!

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to planetaryscience's comment.

    Amazing! Thank you so much! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hmmmm, no Mods about for the next few hours- play nicely everyone!

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Capella05's comment.

    Hmmmmm Of course......... Pinky it is time to take over the world ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Oh my word- a pinky and the brain reference! Why did I not see this sooner!

    I now officially have 'cabin fever'.... help.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Capella05's comment.

    LOL You will be fine in a day or two. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

    All part of the process... makes you motivated to do those ankle exercises so you can leave the house! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Really hope it feels better soon...

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I guess I can use this time to do important stuff, like watch Star Trek - but never in my life have I wanted to go for a run, as much as I do now!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Just got out of bed for the first time in 2 days! #freedom

    But, I don't wan't to push things, so I might go back to bed in an hour ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Careful, careful ! ๐Ÿ˜„ but good for you !

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Glad to hear that you're back on your feet ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Barely! But it is a start ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Going to attempt to walk down to the shops to pick up supplies...first time outside in 3 days! woohoo!

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator

    Hello! I know I'm late to the party here, but I assume this cafe has the same opening hours as Little Prince' on the forum and better late than never eh. You know, I'm leaning towards admitting that it might just be me who's used to an organised forum and that Talk is indeed not all that bad... ๐Ÿ˜‰ It's great to see you all in here in any case!

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator

    Oh and kudos to Julianne for the "how to" threads! X

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator in response to mrniaboc's comment.

    Would you still like us to fill in that form? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Capella05's comment.

    Woooohoo!

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Hanny's comment.

    I'm so impressed by the how-to threads -- and it's great to see you here! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N.

    Just been emailing with Lovethetropics. We've both run into some bother on the forum CosmoQuest. I can't write that I recommend it. Lacking in social niceties, unlike GZ.

    Anyone heard anything from Alice? She's recently moved and is active on Twitter. It would be good to get her on GZ talk. Perhaps someone could tempt her on?

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator

    Well why not you? ๐Ÿ˜‰ Personally I don't think I could've been convinced by anyone else though. I got back in here because I wanted to myself and I think we should respect people's choices when it comes to using other forums, Talk, something else or none of the above.

    You know that old saying about the Zoo how "you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave", right?

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N. in response to Hanny's comment.

    I've huge respect for Moderator Alice. It would be of little use if I contacted her as she would not repond to me. Anyway, I guess you're right and we shouldn't talk about her behind her back. Just that, now you're here, it's beginning to feel like the old days!

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator in response to Rick N.'s comment.

    Well, These Are The Days Of Our Lives... ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N. in response to Hanny's comment.

    Indeed they are. You should write a song.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Very sad news about Robin Williams - couldn't believe it when I heard the news this morning ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Just watched The Sky at Night - all about the Rosetta probe, well worth a watch. It's on iPlayer for another four days.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Only available in the UK ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hi all from a sunny, but slightly chilly afternoon in London.

    @Geoff - Managed to watch 'Sky at Night' on Friday - very interesting!

    Just about to start watching 'The Dark Crystal' by Jim Henson - it has been about 25 years since I last saw it, lets see how it holds up!

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    well good gosh was just about to hit the sack when this hit. An earthquake with magnitude 6.0 occurred near American Canyon, CA at 10:20:44.10 UTC on Aug 24, 2014. I must say foxy and chipper (my bird) started getting worked up and then I felt it. We are a few miles away from the spot. It appears no damage or injury reported. I must say we humans are not in charge of this planet. Mother Earth is. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Wow ! Glad everyone is okay ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ As far as I know everyone is ok. The center of the quake and I am guessing here is around 150 miles away. I was just so surprised when both Foxy and the bird got in a uproar....and then I felt it! So I had my son look up the location on line. Since his computer is more advance than mine, and got to location. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ LOL here I live California I should be use to a jolt once in a while should I not. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I just saw it on the news. Must be scarey.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Like I said I am about 150 miles away! I can only image what the people who where there at the center felt! My surprise was that both Foxy and Chipper (the bird) sensed it before it happened! Chipper has been with me for about 20+ years and has a new name Chipper Firebird. Due to the nice lady who saved him from the fire that burnt down the house where I was living. He is my watch bird. If he is upset something is wrong! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Happy birthday Els ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Aww, thanks Geoff ! x

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    Happy Birthday Els I hope you are having a wonderful day. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    On a more happy note than the earthquake, I've begun creation of a 3D map of the stars near the Sun, and hopefully eventually the Milky Way galaxy as a whole. Once I finish this (which may be a while) I will start on a similar map of the local group of galaxies and universe as a whole.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    Thanks Liz ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I can't believe I missed Els's birthday!

    Happy belated birthday! x

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    Thank you ! x ๐Ÿ˜„ This way I get to celebrate more than one day ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    And from me too!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Thanks ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • jules by jules

    Birthday? ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Happy belated birthday from me too Els!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Thanks ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    Happy Birthday, Els ๐Ÿ˜ƒ. I have been without a laptop for a week now, so I am not up-to-date with current developments. Best wishes,
    Abe

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    And thanks again ! ๐Ÿ˜„ At this rate I'll be celebrating my birthday for days and days ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Lol ๐Ÿ˜„

    About to watch 'Alien' - the directors cut ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    So, in all likely hood I will not be sleeping tonight.... Hope it meets up to all my childhood expectations.

    Here, kitty, kitty ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    So, how did you sleep ? ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I did (barely!) - Alien was awesome! ๐Ÿ˜„

    I think I might of enjoyed it more this viewing, and it is just as scary ๐Ÿ˜Ž

    Amazing how far computers have come in 30 yrs - my mobile phone now has better graphics than 'mother' (the super computer on the ship).

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  • Rona by Rona

    Eeeeek!

    I missed Els's birthday!

    So sorry, old bean!, I hope you bad a good one xxxxx

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Rona's comment.

    Yup ! Still celebrating ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • williamaskew by williamaskew

    happy belated Els

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Thank you ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    At this rate we will be celebrating for a fortnight ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    I'm not complaining ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator

    Well in that case I could congratulate you again here too? ;D Happy birthday dear Els X

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • keith36 by keith36

    hi liz
    been away for a while
    whole site changed
    just a question?
    On the old site ,i classified an image, not sure if it was an ssds or hubble, but noted it on the forum , it was an image of merging galaxies an i titled it 'twister' , think the guys noted it.
    Question is, can i get this saved image from the old site, id love to discuss it again , still wondering how it behaved like twister considering the blackhole aspect , or multiply blackholes ?

    keith36

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi keith36

    The old forum is still accessible. You cannot longer post in it, but you can still search and copy posts from it.

    Hope this helps.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Oh dear still after 2years still not use to this talk. simple questions here where is the report to moderator thing.....I must be getting old I can not find it. Any and all help will be needed! Oh and everyone have a great weekend. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • jules by jules

    Hover your mouse top right of a post and the word "Report" will appear. Hopefully it won't be hidden in the next update!

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to jules's comment.

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ๐Ÿ˜ƒ thanks just what was needed!

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  • hamed_safari by hamed_safari

    Hello Grant it 'S an interesting idea

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    Happy Birthday Elisabeth! I went away for a long period of time but now I'm back and wish you a happy belated birthday- am I too late?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to planetaryscience's comment.

    Never too late and thanks ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    The Sky at Night is on at 7:30 tonight on BBC4 for those of us lucky enough to live in the UK.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    I used to have BBC on the cable, but I'm afraid BBC4 was never an option ! Sigh ! I'll have to classify some penguins instead ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Thanks Geoff - I will switch over and have a watch ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Els, no more Pengiuns, you have a paper to proof read!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Yes, miss ! Goes to sit quietly in a corner and reads ! ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Don't make me come over there ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    LOL ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I missed "The Sky at Night" this month. I thought it was the first Sunday of each month? I can catch up on BBC iplayer, but it is annoying to keep checking the tv guide.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hey, you're back ! How was the Science festival ?

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    It appears I've recently passed my 5000th galaxy zoo classification- or roughly 1% of the entire data set.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Congratulation on 5000, planetaryscience.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    ElisabethB - science festival was fine. Someday I must add up how many times I have explained how the Plough / Big Dipper / Grande Casserole goes around the North Star (Polaris).

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Yay - Christine is back ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Is it really called the Grande Casserole? Is that en franรงais? I love that!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I really need to get out more this winter and observe the northern night sky!

    Apart from a few familar southern constellations, I am really out of my depth ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    I can only point out a couple of (northern sky) constellations : Orion, Cassiopeia, Big Dipper and Little Dipper. And that is about it. Btw, The big and little dipper are called Grote Beer and Kleine Beer respectively. Meaning Big Bear and Little Bear. ๐Ÿ˜„ Not as funny as Grande Casserole ;D

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Orion is one of my favourite constellations that you can see 'down south', sadly it is upside down ๐Ÿ˜Ž

    Took me ages to see that it was supposed to be a man with a bow ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Capella, you should see how helpless I am with southern constellations. I did a show in a planetarium last week, which was able to show the southern sky, (unlike the one I work in) and I could only point out the Southern Cross and Alpha Centauri. I had spent a hour poring over star charts beforehand, but that wasn't enough. I offered the red arrow to anyone in the audience who could do them for me, but there were no takers.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Oh dear, if I was there I would of volunteered ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Do you know if there are any interesting star-parties coming up? I am preferably looking for ones far outside of London?

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    The farther you travel to a star party, the greater the probability of being clouded out. I am going to one Friday night, but I am in the dome, and the telescopes are outside. It is actually forecast to be clear! But perhaps I will see Neptune for the first time. The Milky Way should be visible by 9pm.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Good luck with Neptune!

    As for star parties - taking your advice I shall stick to the south ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Does anyone else know of south England star parties in October?

    Pretty please ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    The winter is my favorite constellation-spotting season in the northern hemisphere! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ We do some telescope evenings and stargazing stuff in Oxford, but for things further south you might ask Karen?

    Plus there is some in-city stargazing going on... I think the Idler Academy runs some events in London (though they charge as far as I know).

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    The star party had mostly clear skies. The public saw Ring Nebula, Albireo ( double star- blue and yellow), M13 star cluster, Andromeda galaxy. The lights around the building were switched off, and we could see the dark dust lane in the Milky Way. No Moon, so the sky was dark. When the lights were switched on, we could hardly see the brightest stars. I still haven't seen Neptune. I used my green laser to outline constellations for 5 minutes, that always impresses people when they see a long light going up into the sky.

    Only twice in my life have I seen the Milky Way so bright that I didn't notice the stars. This time wasn't one of them. It was noticeable, but not overwhelming. It was in farmland, and that isn't dark enough.

    See the Milky Way in 2014: go to mountains (not farmland nor coast) when the Moon isnโ€™t up.

    Sept 19-30 (9:30pm), Oct 17-27, Nov 14-23, Dec 16-27 2014

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to vrooje's comment.

    Actually - Oxford is not that far for me. Do let me know when the next one is! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N.

    The description of this section Science Powered by Citizens reads:

    "A sounding board / contemplation area for our serious Citizens Scientists. All other posts will be moved / removed. For questions on the object you have classified, please post in Help/ The Objects - Thanks ๐Ÿ˜ƒ"

    Is this condescending and unnecessary? Or have we been over this ground? It does seem somewhat elitist- so what if someone posts a stray discussion? Who counts as a serious CS? Who decides? It just seems to me that it is somewhat exclusive rather than inclusive.

    So I've posted this to ask for a chat about it.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Rick N.'s comment.

    Unfortunately it can't be changed. There is no function on the GUI to allow board descriptions to be edited.

    Like you said we have been over this before, so I do not know why you have brought this up again? When I created the board, I never realized that I would be unable to edit it, and frankly I would also like to change it. So I guess we are stuck with it until the new version of Talk is complete.

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N. in response to Capella05's comment.

    I didn't know it was uneditable otherwise I would not have posted about it. Thankyou for your explanation and perseverance. Chat over.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    No worries, Rick ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I wish I could do something about it. We are on the same wavelength, and I was the one that created the Board!

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Capella05's comment.

    Any word yet when the new talk will be complete?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Nothing concrete, but they are working on it.

    Most likely summer next year? I will be corrected if I am wrong....

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Capella05's comment.

    Oh it is going to be a long.....Fall.....Winter......Spring! (Insert rolled eyes) ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    It may be quicker, but I am not privy to that information.

    Otherwise, it is good to see you back Liz:-)

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Capella05's comment.

    Thanks yes the new monitor I got at the local thrift store seems to be working quite well. So watch out everyone, I am back! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ hmmm who is privy to that info I wonder?

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    I would say Chris or Brooke - they pop by quite often, so the next time you see one of them wander in, do ask!

    Or they could just answer this thread ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Capella05's comment.

    Thanks! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    About to watch 'Ghostbusters' for the first time in about 20 years ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Please live up to my expectations....

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    LOL ! Have fun !

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Ghostbusters didn't get off to a good start, until I realised I was watching it in russian....

    Managed to switch to English - phew ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Nazdrovije ! (that should be cheers in Russian)

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Loulouuse by Loulouuse

    Hi Im new here, I looove classifying, greeat! Anyone on now?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Great ! thanks for classifying ! Have fun ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Loulouuse's comment.

    Hi and welcome Loulouuse ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Classifying is addictive ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Ghostbusters was AWESOME ๐Ÿ˜„

    Now about to watch the sequel...

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Welcome to Galaxy Zoo, Loulouuse! Always great to have new people who love classifying galaxies. Hope you enjoy your stay, and hope to see you around the Talk boards!

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Just wondering here did anyone get a picture of the lunar eclipse?

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Good question! There was a party here at the Adler Planetarium... Let me go ask around and see if anyone here snapped a shot!

    EDIT: There are a ton of photos here on the Adler's Facebook page!

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  • marjieN by marjieN

    Ahhh just found this. Nice to see evryone here. Have been absent for a while. Had an accident. Back now. Good morning ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to marjieN's comment.

    oh I hope you are well! Nice to see you again. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Welcome back, marjieN! I'm new to this project and to everything here (Zooniverse team), but it's definitely nice to see users return to the project and to Talk! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to marjieN's comment.

    Hey Marjie,

    Ouch, I hope the accident wasn't too bad and that you are making a good recovery! It is always to see you back online ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hey Marjie

    Great to see you again ! ๐Ÿ˜„ Hope all is well now !

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  • Rona by Rona

    MargieN!

    Hey, good to 'see' you again

    Hope you have fully recovered from your accident xxx

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    The Sky at Night is repeated tonight at 7:30 on BBC4 - all about Uranus and Neptune.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Thanks Geoff!

    Will try to catch it on iPlayer ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • MyDogMilo by MyDogMilo

    Hey, does anyone even in the slightest remember me? Well, I'm back, and a whole lot less wonky. I forgot the password for this account, so I'll probably switch to my (time being) alt, MyDogLuna.

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  • MyDogLuna by MyDogLuna

    Oh, and sorry for double-posting, but that's sadly probably the last you'll see of MyDogMilo... Oh, what wonderful memories the old forums had... ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
    Anyways, I'm back, in a different account. I'll probably try to make a similar image, just like the last profile image, but with my new dog, Luna (Inspiration for the name, if you couldn't tell).

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Welcome back, Mil--er, Luna! (Did something happen to Milo? I'm sorry!)

    Anyway, really glad to see more folks from the old days show up here! Take a look around, and please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you out with Talk or the project!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to MyDogMilo's comment.

    I remember you ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Something to do with minecraft? I seem to recall that post ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    So is Luna a new pet dog?

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Stepped outside tonight at work and glance up just in time to see a very bright falling star! cool!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    stepped out before dawn, and saw the diminished remains of hurricane Gonzolo bending the trees.

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Oh dear! hope everyone is ok!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to elizabeth's comment.

    just wind and heavy rain... and rain...

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Might be a bit scarce for the next few days - just got 'Sid Meiers Civilizations: After Earth' - very addictive. Quite similar to 'Alpha Centauri' if you are into strategy games ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Farscape started up at the beginning yesterday. here in the UK. I have now found out that John Creighton is actually a civilian scientist working on a modified slingshot trajectory.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Oh my word - I was watching as well!

    First time I ever got to watch the first episode ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    Never seen Farscape but I did notice that Netflix (in the US, anyway) has put up a new-old season of Doctor Who, so I can finally resume trying to catch up. Sadly the writing just isn't as good as it used to be...

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Dr Who : I was very disappointed in the Moon episode of Dr Who, the geology of the moon left a lot to be desired... I watched in total disbelief.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    Farscape: I found out that John Creighton is not a "Right Stuff" astronaut, but more of tinkering workshop genius, which makes sense because he learns very quickly how to use alien technology. But he feels inferior to his heroic Moon-walking Dad. I wish I had known this as I watched the final series, the plots would have made more sense. Farscape is the name of his experimental spaceship, I didn't know that either. I loved the scene of him staring over the sea to the space shuttle in the early morning, before he is due to go up, it was the real shuttle on location I think.

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    I quite enjoyed Farscape! It's available on US Netflix. A friend made me watch the whole series... Quite good! One would definitely want to start watching from the beginning, though, or many things wouldn't make sense.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I must admit I am enjoying watching Farscape more now, than when I originally watched it. If you live in the UK and have freeview, they seem to be repeating the episodes quite frequently on PickTV (channel 11).

    I was always more of a Firefly fan myself ๐Ÿ˜ƒ It is such a pity they aired the episodes in the wrong order, I think that blunder alone led to it's demise.

    As for Dr Who - I have never been able to get into it, even when David Tennant was the doctor. It seems to be a bit like marmite - lol ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    just found 90377 Sedna in SDSS observations! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90377_Sedna

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to planetaryscience's comment.

    Interesting but I can't find this in the link, can you give more information?

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Morning Elisabeth ๐Ÿ˜ƒ I finally saw Neptune last night, like a blue star. I also saw Uranus which was a pretty blue in a tiny disk.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Morning Christine ๐Ÿ˜„

    Wow, both Neptune and Uranus. Nice !

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience in response to Budgieye's comment.

    here's the image of Sedna

    The explore link: http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr8/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?id=1237670016737804583

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Are you sure that is an image of Sedna ? On the wikipage is a Hubble image and the resolution is a lot lower than the SDSS image which isn't logical at all.

    enter image description here

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    I am 100% sure it is an image of Sedna. The difference between the Hubble and SDSS images is that the pixels on the Hubble image are much higher resolution and are actually so high-resolution that the actual size of Sedna can be resolved. However the SDSS images, while approximately as sensitive to light, aren't nearly as high-resolution as Hubble and the size you see there isn't actual size, much like the apparent size of stars you see in SDSS images even though they are much, much smaller.


    Meanwhile, using the same method I used to find Sedna, I was also able to find images of scattered disc object 2004 XR190, with the third largest perihelion of any non-comet in the Solar system (53 AU), although unlike Sedna, which at the time the image was taken, magnitude 20.8, 2004 XR190 was ~22.1, near the limits of SDSS resolution. Also, while the image of Sedna was over a year after Sedna was discovered, the SDSS image of 2004 XR190 was taken nearly two years before it was discovered or even first observed!

    enter image description here

    1237660557061652912

    2004 XR190 (Wikipedia)

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Dear planetaryscience, could you please explain your method in more detail for identifying Sedna?

    mag of Sedan 20.5 in r - about right

    Sedna coordinates in middle of 2006 03:20, 05:59 general area about right

    looking for date of SDSS image.....

    http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=90377&commit=Show

    http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/sedna/

    sorry I have to leave now.

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  • c_cld by c_cld

    I agree with @planetaryscience on its great find of Sedna!

    Sedna has been imaged twice
    first in

    run 5711

    rerun 301

    camcol 5

    field 212

    id 1237670003853230369 50.14425, 6.00042 03:20:34.62, +06:00:01.52

    on mjd_r 53654.45785977 i.e. 2005-10-11 10:59:19.084 UTC

    and second the day after in

    run 5714

    rerun 301

    camcol 5

    field 207

    id 1237670016737804583 50.13662, 5.99717 03:20:32.78, +05:59:49.81

    on mjd_r 53655.45088663 i.e. 2005-10-12 10:49:16.605 UTC

    Querying HORIZONS Web-Interface with the settings

    Ephemeris Type [change] : OBSERVER
    Target Body [change] : 90377 Sedna (2003 VB12)
    Observer Location [change] : Apache Point-Sloan Digital Sky Survey [645] ( 254ยฐ10'45.9''E, 32ยฐ46'49.8''N, 2791.2 m )
    Time Span [change] : Start=2005-10-11 10:59, Stop=2005-10-12 11:00, Step=1 h

    you get the ephemeris:


    Date__(UT)__HR:MN R.A._(ICRF/J2000.0)_DEC APmag delta deldot S-O-T /r S-T-O


    2005-Oct-11 10:59 03 20 34.63 +06 00 01.5 21.05 88.1217817882626 -16.0296192 146.7994 /L 0.3572

    2005-Oct-12 10:59 03 20 32.79 +05 59 49.7 21.05 88.1125415544847 -15.5871213 147.7200 /L 0.3484


    which are in very good agreement with the SDSS observations. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to C_cld's comment.

    @C_Cld - PlanetaryScience posted his assertion that this was Sedna without posting any proof or an explanation on the methology he used to come to this conclusion.

    Scientific Method requires that we ask these questions, so we can be objective and review the data for ourselves ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Why this is in the 'Just Chat' thread - I do not know! Sadly, I am unable to split threads.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Good find then! I will put in on the Index with asteroids and ice planets.

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    I apologize to those of you waiting for an explanation for the process I used to find Sedna, 2004 XR190, and now 1999 CL119. In the middle of explaining it my computer froze and currently remains frozen. If it doesn't unfreeze in the next few hours I'll just reboot and retype the entire thing.

    Again, sorry for the delay.

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    Anyways the method I used, quite abridged from my original explanation, was to put the jpl ephemeris location into SDSS images, look at the MJD, if it's not the date of the location, keep going until I get a SDSS image from the same date the ephemeris was on.

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    Also 1999 CL119:

    enter image description here

    1237667209973138436

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to planetaryscience's comment.

    Thank-you planetaryscience ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I will look forward to reading the unabridged version ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Perhaps a new thread for it?

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    created thread in science board http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ000116c

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    Yep, an unresolved KBO in SDSS might look like a star, whereas HST can -- barely, it seems -- resolve it.

    I'm actually surprised the resolution isn't better with HST. But then I don't actually know much about Sedna at all! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    In other news, I have now caught up to Doctor Who as far as Netflix would let me. Enjoyed The Day of the Doctor but only because things just haven't been the same since David Tennant, and he came back for that one.

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  • planetaryscience by planetaryscience

    well I'm not much surprised by the resolution, because Sedna is about 1000 kilometers in diameter, and is about 13800000000 kilometers away, giving it a resolution of 0.006 arcseconds.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to vrooje's comment.

    Not that I am a big fan of Dr Who, but I am quite excited to see that a lot of fans are predicting that we might have a female Doctor next ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I do hope so - Tilda Swinton would be fantastic in the role!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    Now this makes me rethink my decision not to have digital tv (BBC no longer available for this dinosaur analog viewer ! ;D )

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    I have been meaning for the longest time to get into that series.

    A female Doctor would be pretty cool... the American series "Elementary" seems to have done well with a female Dr. Watson!

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  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    When River Song first appeared I was hoping she was a Doctor Who from the future. It turned out to be a little different. Alex Kingston would have been a great Doctor Who.
    However I gave up on Doctor Who during Matt Smith's second season. I very much liked the first season, the second one was overly complicated and not to my taste. I haven't seen a full episode since.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    For those in the UK, Farscape is now on channel 11 ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • canfieldfive by canfieldfive

    The last post here was 2 weeks ago, so I'm derailing the chat to whinge for a minute. Like a nerd diva. I promise to put the thread right back where I found it.

    Got the questionnaire in order to participate in the Oxford Internet Institute / Galaxy zoo study I read about a while ago, and the week after I got the questions we discovered a health problem (not major, just ongoing) in the family that consumed lots of time and energy since then. I thought I'd take some time tonight to finally, finally get back to the researcher, but when I responded with a quick "still there?" email I got an automated response that the email account is scheduled for deletion. I looked at the original email and saw that it was sent to me in July!

    This crazy "real life" thing keeps getting in the way of the things I want to do! It couldn't be helped, but it's depressing to the nerdy part of me- I was looking forward to filling out that questionnaire...

    Anyway, I promised only to whinge for a minute. I'm off to find galaxies to tag for the Zooniverse Galaxy of the Week.

    Back to your regularly scheduled chat... @Capella05 mentioned Farscape, and if you haven't seen it, you should! The episodes "John Quixote" and "Crackers Don't Matter" are not to be missed. Pure fun madness. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to canfieldfive's comment.

    Sometimes there is nothing better than a good old whinge to put everything right with the world ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
    I do hope your family member is doing okay, and the last time checked we are allowed to have a life away from the Zooniverse - promise ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I will certainly keep an eye out for those episodes!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    LOL ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • DZM by DZM admin in response to canfieldfive's comment.

    Just wanted to say, @canfieldfive, welcome back, glad to hear that the health problems weren't major, and thanks for keeping an eye out for potential Galaxies of the Week! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    And, yeah, I need to watch that Peacekeeper Wars movie that they made to give some closure to the series after it got cancelled. Although I've heard tell that it's not that great...

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Is it the Chris"s Birthday to day?

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Yep.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    YAY

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Am Loitering waiting for a Project to grab my Attention but noting has at present

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    What about the higgs one that launched today BP?

    Posted

  • DZM by DZM admin

    Check it out, @Blackprojects! Here's the link: http://www.higgshunters.org/

    If you'd like to be particularly helpful, Cyclone Center and Worm Watch Lab are especially in need of classifiers. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Thanks!!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I looked at Higgs but it just did not drag me Kicking and Screaming into it was like DUH! Cyclone is not for me i am Space minded and Worms are Bleugh!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    We was told we mite get some new images for Hubble Galaxy-zoo but those seem to have not shown up

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    Not yet anyway ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Magic by Magic

    Well this place sure looks different.

    So what happened to all the original galaxy stats.......like my hundreds of thousands?

    (no bbcode? )

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Magic's comment.

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ hello Magic. Are you missing stuff?

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For UK Zooites, Stargate SG-1 is starting from season one on Monday morning on Pick.

    Posted

  • DZM by DZM admin in response to Magic's comment.

    Hi Magic, some stuff is different, and there are bugs, but there are definitely a lot of perks, too! And we're continuing to work on making it better as we develop the next generation of Talk. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Oh this is so cool. Have any of you checked out the Zooniverse advent calendar! https://www.zooniverse.org/advent Way to go Caro!

    Posted

  • DZM by DZM admin

    25 days of awesome, coming right up!

    ... This is one of those times that I long for a unified Zooniverse Talk area... I wanted to post about the calendar, but I didn't want to do it on every single individual Talk! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Still working on it!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Look what Bill NGC3314 Posted on Twitter

    https://public.nrao.edu/news/pressreleases/strange-galaxy-perplexes-astronomers

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    No new images Oh well now what say"s BP Higgs is not for me Penguins the same am hopeless at Asteroid Zoo Hmmm

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Ooooh, very exciting! Do we have a RGZ or GZ ID for the galaxy?

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    J1649+26: A Grand-Design Spiral with a Large Double-Lobed Radio Source - Mao et al. is a ~month-old RGZ Talk thread on this galaxy. It appears - with 'home grown' FIRST contours - on p8 of the Hourglass sources associated with spiral galaxies thread.

    Its ARG ID is ARG0001xiw. I do not know if it has a GZ ID, but it was in GZ1, so it may appear in the GZ forum; its SDSS name is SDSS J164924.01+263502.5; here is the DR10 version:

    enter image description here

    And the FIRST contour overlay image:

    enter image description here

    Boilerplate: The contour overlay image in this post was created from sources, and using methods, described in this RGZ Talk post. The object at the center of the image is SDSS J164924.01+263502.5.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Amazing image. What lurks around galaxies! Thank you for posting Blackprojects.

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to JeanTate's comment.

    I think I can see the fuzziness around the galaxy.

    Posted

  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to JeanTate's comment.

    ... so it may appear in the GZ forum ...

    To clarify: super-zooite zutopian posted it on June 14, 2014, 05:59:47 am, in the Friday, 21 February, 2014: Very Strange Spirals? OOTD thread, having found that it was presented at the 223rd AAS meeting. It had been hinted at earlier (March 01, 2014) by NGC3314, in the same thread.

    The DR8/9/10 ObjId is 1237662301913940522, and as far as I can tell only zutopian posted it. It may have a DR7 ObjId, and if so is likely to have been posted in the GZ forum earlier (it's a quite strange-looking spiral).

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  • mlpeck by mlpeck in response to JeanTate's comment.

    I also posted a comment in the recent submissions thread when the preprint appeared on arxiv a little over a month ago. I still question whether this is a true "grand design" spiral.

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Cool to be getting press about a spiral DRAGN!

    Congrats to everyone who worked on making this awesome, really interesting discovery! Thanks for the overlay, too, Jean. A great merger of two great projects. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I like this dramatic overlay from the article, too:

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I go off for 22 hours come back and the Zooite HIVE Mind has been hard at work crunching the data

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    To be accurate, though, most of the work was done long before you posted the link to the PR, ~22 hours' ago. Some of it even before the old Galaxy Zoo forum was shut down. You may be interested in reading Minnie Mao's posts in RGZ Talk (she's the lead author of the MNRAS paper the PR cites).

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Japan Launches Rocket Hayabusa-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StULzCwu8FM

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Nope i just post interestting Links and then beat it

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    LOL ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Allows the rest of The Zooites Hive mind to enjoy it"s self

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Now some thing for the lens people

    Julianne?

    First quadruple star image produced by gravity

    http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26652-spotted-first-quadruple-star-image-produced-by-gravity.html#.VIBAkTGsWSp

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Hey BP ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Sorry I haven't replied sooner - just been really busy. Yes, I have seen SN Refsdal papers and articles - the discovery has caused a lot of interest amongst the SpaghettiLens team ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Today's attempt to launch @Arianespace #Ariane5 was scrubbed due to high altitude winds over Kourou. A new launch date was not set.
    #VA221

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Dec. 6/7 Long March 4B โ€ข CBERS 4
    Launch time: 0326 GMT on 7th (10:26 p.m. EST on 6th)
    Launch site: Taiyuan, China

    A Chinese Long March 4B rocket will launch the CBERS 4 remote sensing satellite.

    Dec. 11 Atlas 5 โ€ข NROL-35
    Launch time: TBD
    Launch site: SLC-3E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    OK Asteroid Found with Rings! First-of-Its-Kind Discovery Stuns Astronomers - http://bit.ly/1j9OvzV

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Am waiting for a Launch from China due to go off around 2am GMT

    A Live feed is starting to come through with this even though lift off is 3 Hours away "@Astroguyz 58 seconds ago
    Getting a live feed now from the โ€ช#โ€ŽCBERS4โ€ฌ launch, though quoted liftoff time is still +3 hours away: http://www.lit.inpe.br/aovivo "

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    VENUS EXPRESS May be AWOL!

    http://sen.com/news/contact-lost-with-esa-s-venus-express-orbiter

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ This made me laugh:

    http://daily.zooniverse.org/2014/12/07/zooniverse-advent-day-7-the-lolcats-are-back/

    enter image description here

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    "Kittehzen scientist."

    ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„ :3

    ... aw, we don't have a :3 kitty-face emoticon? This is my new top priority.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Don't get me started on cats ๐Ÿ˜„ ๐Ÿ˜„

    Does anyone remember the galaticat posts over on the old forum? and where I might find them?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Cats and Dogs (not forgetting other creatures and things animate or inanimate)

    http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=7272.0

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    the galaticat posts

    http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=7272.msg302969#msg302969

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Latest photo of Jingles. He isn't much for sunlight. LOL

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Rovers Discover Life on MARS!!!!

    enter image description here

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Cheers BP - spent a few minutes going through those old posts - good memories ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Did Alice create an OOTD on the galaticats? or was she intending to make one? Anyone remember?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    More heer http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=7272.1725

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I will go for a nose

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I haz no idea here are all the OOTD Threads!

    http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?board=5.0

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I will have a look - but all 49 pages might take a while ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    BP you missed posting my cats- they were on the previous page on the 'pets' thread ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I think that was one of my fist posts on the forum...

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Bill NGC3314 Has posted an interesting galaxy image on Twitter i have asked what there REF"s are for SDSS

    These Two

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This fresh in from Bill!

    http://skyserver.sdss3.org/dr10/en/tools/explore/summary.aspx?id=0x112d1e68a0800014&spec=&apid=

    SDSS J231811.31+101445.8

    The 2nd Object

    SDSS J231810.18+101503.6

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I will have a look tomorrow ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Just a bit under the weather...

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Take it easy are you able to come out and play on the 17th the Baker street irregular Astronomers are meeting in regents Park at the Hub! all welcome

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Hey BP - that might be doable ๐Ÿ˜ƒ What time does it start?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    630pm onwards going home time is 11pm Entry to the Park is by the Monkey gate best advice is bring a Torch for the path although it is often Lit best to be visible a Parks Police officer is one of the Irregulars so will be present!.

    The 274 Bus From CAMDEN TOWN takes you to WELL RISE then cross the Canal and the Monkey gate is rite In front of you!

    https://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/the-regents-park/map-of-regents-park

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Which gate is the monkey gate? I would arrive at Regents Park underground station.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Best not to go to Regents park underground as that is way over the other side of the Park on the south side and only the Monkey gate is open at Night.on the North side.

    If you get too Wells Rise 274 BUS which is on the North side of the Park and walk across the CANAL Bridge the Monkey gate is directly in front of you

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    OK I Killed hat My Bad!

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Geminid meteor shower now. 5am UT. I saw 7 very bright ones in 20 minutes.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    It is still on going the Shower for a few more day"s!

    Meteor Radars all over the UK are showing Live-radar traces.

    http://www.merriott-astro.co.uk/spam3D.htm

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hey BP,

    Is the irregulars still going ahead tomorrow? For some reason I thought it was Thursday, but I think I can make it weather permitting!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Just wish I lived closer by ! ๐Ÿ˜„ ! Have fun !

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Just hope BP answers - I might feel a bit awkward going there alone!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Julianne

    Stay at home it will be a dreary Night clouds all Night the Irregulars will be there but i will be at Home

    If you go do not take your Telescope with you as it ill sit in it"s bag un used all night long!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    No problems BP - the weather is horrible on this side of London. Shall we try again next month?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Yes why not if clear next month John mite bring his 16 inch Beast with him!

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Merry Christmas everyone ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Merry Christmas from me too ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    Merry Christmas, Elizabeth ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A christmas Day ISS and the Moon video by Mary Spicer https://www.flickr.com/photos/spicey_spiney/15917479120/

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator

    Merry Christmas! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to Hanny's comment.

    Hanny .... Merry Christmas to you and a Happy New year. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Happy holidays to all! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For UK residents: Galaxy Quest (1999) the Star Trek spoof in on Jan 1 New Years Day at 2:50 on BBC2. It has a five star rating in the Radio Times review.

    Posted

  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    Funny movie, Budgieye ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    One of the best lines is from Sigourney Weaver: "Ducts? Why is it always ducts?"

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    Oh, man, that's a great film.

    By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A New Dwarf Southern Sky GALAXY has been found 7 Million Light years from Earth!

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?sugexp=chrome,mod=11&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=gmail

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  • HMB6EQUJ5 by HMB6EQUJ5 in response to Budgieye's comment.

    thx...for the film recommendation! recently watched "Paul" scifi comedy that was entertaining and wacky. One of the characters ,played by Nick Frost, had a shirt on that reminded me of the "zoo" logo. Happy Holidays from California

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Diverforseandsky is having a Baby at Present on the west Coast thought some older(Longer time) Zooites would like to know!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    It is a BOY!

    At 3:13 PST this morning, Aidan Noah Coppock was born after an emergency C Section. Mommy and baby are doing fine! It's a boy!!!!!

    Diver = Michelle Coppock with Andy Coppock.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Wow ! Thanks for letting us know BP !

    All the best for mommy, daddy and baby Aidan ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I will let her know all about this place

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator

    Ah yes, I think I remember that name too. Best wishes all around ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    WELL DONE Chris!

    This Came up on Twitter Tinsley prize

    @sdssurveys 2 minutes ago
    Tinsley prize to @chrislintott for role in @galaxyzoo and @the_zooniverse #wonderfulcitizenscience #aas225

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Nice ! Congrats, Chris ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • DZM by DZM admin

    In case anyone else, like me, needed to know what the Tinsley Prize is:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_M._Tinsley_Prize

    Awesome!! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Thanks ! ๐Ÿ˜„ It's quite an impressive line-up of previous winners ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    We the SN Zooites are for ever out of a Job http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~assassin/index.shtml

    Posted

  • DZM by DZM admin in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    No matter what, there will always be a need for smart, dedicated zooites. Promise! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    First off - Congrats to Chris / Zookeeper - woohoo ๐Ÿ˜„ I don't log into the site for 3 weeks and I come back to this! Awesome ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Secondly - Congrats Michelle on the new addition to the family!

    Third - BP, SN Zoo was awesome ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Fourth - Galaxy Quest rocks! This is the second time, in 3 months,that we have discussed it in this thread, so it must be a top runner for the most popular zooite movie ๐Ÿ˜ƒ I will make sure to bring it up again in a few months... ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Finally, Happy New Year everyone!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    SpaceX launch in 15 minutes. 9:55 GMT

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Launch A OK 1st stage recovery NOT OK!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    SpaceX visible Monday morning in UK, Europe. SpaceX close to ISS, hard to tell them apart.

    for UK: Monday Jan 12- ISS coming by at 6:02 and 7:36 am.

    LIVE REAL TIME SATELLITE TRACKING AND PREDICTIONS www.n2yo.com ISS and Dragon click on "Dragon and ISS" button

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    if the weather co-operates i have my doubts on this part

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Full Solar Disc with White Light Solar Filter from indoors!
    Black stripe is a Phone wire!
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/8396454@N03/15630285294/in/photostream/

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Have part answered your Binoculars ? Julianne will answer the rest when you return!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Just read your PM ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Going to do some googling to find possible matches ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    You will need a Tripod as they are all heavy neck breakers,

    I use a Spotting scope that Jules gave me has a 90mm front Lens and a zoom from 25-75x which is no longer made although Bresser make an 80mm version with a zoom from 25x-115x

    A lot of astronomers use the 15x 70mm but i have found the 25x70mm is not really bright enough for Astronomy as the extra magnification soaks up the Light .

    A Set of 20X80 / 30x80 will allow you too see a lot on the Moon and just about see the rings around saturn at 30X80.

    As for Jupiter they will not show a lot as the Planet will be too small the moons will be visible, They will show some galaxies and other stuff.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Cheers BP ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I think 30x80 might be the way to go. Just trying to find images to see how large they are.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    OK Check out the video i sent you shows the size of the 20 x 80 will be the same size for 30 x 80mm

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Moon this Morning

    With my old Lumix 5 Mega pixel Bridge camera!

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This came up on Twitter!

    @DrPhiltill 5 hours ago
    This is pretty cool "Citizen Scientists Lead Astronomers to Mystery Objects in Space" http://1.usa.gov/1BkHAJR #CitizenScience ftw

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Nice ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This is the M42 Region of the Night Sky with my Camera enter image description here

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Is this your new camera, BP ? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This is my old camera a 5 Mega Pixel bridge camera that has an 8 second time exposure so i can get stuff like this and this of M45 enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Orion in the really Dark skies out hear ! orange is from street lights!

    enter image description here

    The Sword of orion with M42 in the Middle!

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The images have some star trailing effects on them due to time exposure maximum ISO on the camera is only 400 but the time exposure letts enough light in to be usfull!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    M42 Close UP With Star trailing effects!

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Moon from a few day"s ago!

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This was imaged with a 7 mega pixel camera held at the eye piece of the P90 Spotting scope !

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Higher RES Larger image will knock your Socks off Largest high RES Image click on the Link!

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/8396454@N03/16460490715/sizes/o/

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A Super sized image of the SWORD of ORION with Star trailing visible!

    CLICK ON THE LINK for SUPER SIZED IMAGE

    WARNING SUPER SIZED IMAGE!

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/8396454@N03/15865294584/sizes/o/

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @SpaceflightNow
    Live coverage of the launch of Europeโ€™s mini-shuttle on a Vega rocket at 8 am EST (1300 GMT): http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/02/10/vv04-mission-status-center/ โ€ฆ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I read i think that Star gazing Live there may be a Supernova Project about--> i think he said it @chrislintott

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    There is Space walk under way live on NASATV enter link description here

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Hi all, anyone need a job? Some might be interested in this one.
    http://news.yahoo.com/antarctica-post-office-job-port-lockroy-application-190236612.html

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    YELLOW ALERT YELLOW ALERT for AURORA Possible Aurora

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Ooooh, how far south BP?

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Thanks to Alice, March 20th Partial Eclipse viewing details in London - https://www.ras.org.uk/education-and-careers/for-everyone/2588-solar-eclipse-viewing-event

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Sad news - Leonard Nimoy, Spock of โ€˜Star Trek,โ€™ Dies at 83

    NY Times

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Very sad ! ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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  • Alpha_Aurigae by Alpha_Aurigae

    The spiritual journey is just beginning. Live long and prosper.

    Posted

  • Rick_N. by Rick_N.

    Picture of Nimoy with Jimi Hendrix in 1970.

    http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/when-spock-met-hendrix-trek-icon-leonard-nimoys-cosmic-moment/
    Nimoy & Hendrix

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Very sad - wonder which will be the first spacecraft to carry his name - the Europa one?

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Looks like Karen Masters is giving a free public lecture talk, on Friday 13th March, on "Galaxy Zoo Science: Revealing the Impact of Galactic Bars".

    https://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/ras-meetings

    Other interesting talks -

    Dr Andrew Siemion (Berkeley)

    Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence with the next generation of radio telescopes

    EDDINGTON LECTURE

    Professor Pieter van Dokkum (Yale)

    Ghostly Galaxies: exploring the universe with the Dragonfly Telescope

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    For those who read "Centauri Dreams" (an, almost daily, free newsletter), I have just bought the book, that was mentioned in the last issue "The Five Ages of the Universe" (ยฃ11-92), though it was written in 1999.

    Did anybody watch the recent SF series "Ascension" - an everyday story of a star-ship, with a twist?

    Just finished watching the film "Serenity", based on the SF series "Firefly".

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The BAKER STREET Irregular Astronomers will meet in regents Park this friday from 1830 Onwards i will be there will you?

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    If I could, I would ! ๐Ÿ˜„ Have loads of fun ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Hey BP,

    I have a lot on at the moment, but as it is a Friday I might be able to make it ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Come on you know you want to Julianne starts at 1830 goes on till 11PM, I have to get up Saturday and go and help my friends Look after Concorde on Saturday at brooklands as well so will be a busy 48 hours for me!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    I will try my best ๐Ÿ˜ƒ I will even bring my binos.

    Got to see Lovejoy over the weekend from Oxford - a bit disappointing, it was just a fuzzy blob ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    I didn't realize Pieter van Dokkum was going to be on this side of the pond! He gives a great talk and Dragonfly is a very, very cool instrument. Highly recommended. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    for any one coming to regents Park and the HUB on friday Directions and how to Find the HUB as only one(1) Gate is open for access to the HUB http://www.bakerstreetastro.org/meetings/directions/

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Live Launch webcast will go off after 2AM GMT http://tgpnominal.weebly.com/launch-pad.html

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Just saw this on Twitter !

    enter image description here (background info : @NGC3314 speaking about @hannysvoorwerp & co at #agnpv )

    I'm just going woohoo ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Yay! My name in bright lights. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to vrooje's comment.

    Yes, saw his talk at the RAS on Friday. It was recorded and will be available shortly at https://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/ras-meetings/ordinary-meeting-videos.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    THERE IS A MASSIVE G-4 AURORA STORM ONGOING ABOVE US RITE NOW KP=8-9 if you can see Glowing Stuff in yoir Night Sky try and photo it with a time exposure!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I just showed the above image from bill to @Stellar190 as i think she missed it

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I wonder if Graham D is still about as he was a Monster SN ZOO Hunter till 2012 when the old Project ended

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @astrowizicist 2 hrs2 hours ago
    After just 2hrs MT @cosmicpinot:Here is the 1st SN found by the scicitizens in @zoouniverse StarGazing Live program

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This mite come in usful for Zooites wondering how to classify SUPER NOVAS as there is not tutorial on Snap Shot Supernova http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=279060.0

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N.

    Does anyone have a link for the paper published yesterday that is about the gravitational lens found on the 2014 stargazing live? Thanks

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    See this thread : Recent Galaxy Zoo related submissions to arXiv (and elsewhere) ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N. in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    Thanks for the link. Tremendous work Elisabeth!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Thought some of you might be interested in spotting a Nova with your naked eye ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Here is the article from Universe Today

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The NOVA in the TEA POT constellation is a visual eye object!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Probllem is said Constellation is very Low in UK Skies!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    Being in an inner city environment will not make this easy for me! But isn't it amazing that we can see a nova without any help !๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The problem with Sagittarius is it rises about the same time the Sun does so is in the twilight Sky

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    We can all live in hope that it gets brighter...

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A %th Supernova has been found by Snapshot Supernova https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBZIe9qUIAAMiGj.png @scalzonova 3 mins3 minutes ago
    Hey @the_zooniverse, you found a 5th @SkyMapper SN! Many thx to @d_a_howell and @LCOGT for the spectrum

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Gimme Five...

    StarGazing Live!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I am not sure if Chris knows about this yet he will when he gets into work

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Well i just tweeted it to Chris as he may have missed it due to the deluge of Tweets he gets in a day

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  • DZM by DZM admin

    We're aware of this (as is Chris). More soon. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Here is the announcement, by rscalzo, on Snapshot Supernova Discuss. It's a Ia, but well past maximum, so not as interesting as the other four.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Am now doing my best to remain invisible as in Dropping off the Zoo for a bit clicking but saying nothing to no one apart from on hear

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Enjoy your quiet time ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Hey BP ๐Ÿ˜ƒ We all need a break from time too time - you already have my number, so don't be shy to use it ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Next week the irregulars will Gather from the 9-10-11th

    The 11th is a Saturday!

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Will try my best to be there ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Otherwise, I am going incommunicado for the next few days - off to visit Geoff - in deepest, darkest Oxfordshire ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Have a wonderful weekend all!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    have fun in those really Dark night Skies out with Geoff!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    PS if it is the 11th it will be a saturday so expect a huge influx of people!

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    You will soon know Oxford, as well as Chiswick, Capella.

    I thought "Snapshot Supernova" had been closed down.

    Just came across this in S&T, a zoom image of M31 - you might have seen it before (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/)

    Good article by Graham in "All about Space".

    (I hear David Bowie is writing tracks for a new version of "The Man who fell to Earth".)

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    As mentioned on the homepage of Snapshot Supernova:

    Thanks to the truly outstanding efforts of our volunteers we have classified all of the current set of images and managed to discover at least four confirmed supernovae! You can still explore the interface for fun, and we hope to reignite the project in the near future with fresh data, but in the meantime we could really use your help on some of our other projects such as Radio Galaxy Zoo and Plankton Portal. You can view all of our active projects at www.zooniverse.org.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I suspect that a load of the SNAP Shot SN Peeps will keep on Clicking away weather it be shut down or Not . The new Galaxy zoo Images are very nice distant Right on the edge of the universe Way Way out on the edge of what Hubble can see but so Much Fun!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    NEOWISE Mission Images online for every one to Look at!

    Millions of images of celestial objects imaged by NEOWISE now available online! http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4524 โ€ฆ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hi All,

    Just had confirmation today that ZooCon will be definitely be taking place on 11 July 2015 in Oxford, UK ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    I will let Grant / Darren post all the details - but a heads up for those planning to find accommodation in Oxford, I suggest you book now!

    As per usual - There is not much available, being high tourist season ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    I can only add, if you are in anyway able to come to ZooCon, please do ! It will be one of the most fun days ever ! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Lots of science regarding various Zooniverse projects and news about forthcoming projects. And generally just a fun way to hang out with fellow zooites and Zookeepers ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For Brits, The Sky at Night is on this Sunday night 10pm on BBC4, don't know why it is on a different channel. Hubble Space Telescope images, the topic is.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qyqwb

    The presenter (and head zookeeper), Dr Chris Lintott is on the left, other presenter is Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    enter image description here

    I don't know if non-Brits can watch it on BBC iplayer. Right now, they are showing an old episode from 1960, where Patrick Moore considers whether the craters on the Moon are caused by volcanoes or meteors, and the first glimpse of the other side of the Moon.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0142pvr/the-sky-at-night-the-moon

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Reminder for Brits, Sky at Night on Sunday April 12 at 10 on BBC4

    It is on 5 Hubble images.

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    For people interested in ZooCon, you can book a room in one of the Oxford colleges at this link:
    Oxford college rooms

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  • saaddjboy by saaddjboy

    hi we are the students of the first military royal school

    we love so much astronomy
    i like to share with you our works so mail us at hamidsaad149@gmail.com

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Thanks for posting the link, Geoff ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Budgieye's comment.

    It is repeated on Thursday (16/4) at 1am(!) on BBC4. On Chris L.'s twitter account this morning (very early), he added a bit on G Lensing which was left out of the programme.

    I see there is a Zooniverse team meeting in Oxford this week, might be a blog afterwards (?)

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    There is some thing else going on after the meeting in Oxford

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Snapshot Serengeti I Dont know button http://blog.snapshotserengeti.org/2012/12/14/we-need-an-i-dont-know-button/

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    PLUTO and CHARON as seen by the Hubble Space telescope

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    ESA live webcast for Planetary Defence conference (Asteroid Defence)

    LIVE Planetary defence conference in Italy

    http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/ESA_Live

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Interesting this is

    enter image description here

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Oh my word ! I really hope this is not a new project ! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Naah was just some fun

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Get your free tickets for ZooCon 2015 here.

    A polite request - if you book tickets, but are no longer able to attend, please remember to cancel them ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    This helps us with the planning of the event, and it can be a bit disapointing when a lot of people book tickets, but don't attend ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

    I will remind everyone again closer to the time!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I am not going as have to be at The MUSEUM that weekend so i will not be at ZOOCON

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    We'll miss you !

    I booked my tickets and I can highly recommend coming to ZooCon ! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    That's a pity BP - no stroopwaffels then ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    I mentioned elsewhere, that on March 13th Karen Masters gave a talk at the Royal Astronomical Society, on Galaxy Bars, which I was lucky enough to attend (only zooite attending, I think).

    Karen did publish a report on her talk, under Daily Zooniverse (Zooites did get mentioned). However the video has only just been published, I had to do a bit of chasing up -

    Perhaps someone might want to move this information into a more appropriate place, if deemed fit

    https://www.ras.org.uk/events-and-meetings/ras-meetings/ordinary-meeting-videos

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    Thanks for the link, John. I just watched it !

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Just drove past Brooklands Museum, the Concorde model looks quite inviting.

    Attending ZooCon2015, means I will missing playing in a Table Tennis tournament (Leices) (and taking photos of the Winners/Runners-up, for a website), for the first time in ten years. Then on Sunday, I will be attending a rather "tasty" TT AGM, at the same place.

    (I see on Facebook, "Zoocon" means something different!)

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    I was trying to think of some questions to ask, but I couldn't think of any. A (drinking) colleague asked about the evolution of Bars, in which order they came, in the life of a galaxy.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Julianne they are in Sainsbury"s larger stores normally (Mini Stroope waffels)

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    The person who asked the last question, about popular Zooniverse projects are, was sitting just in front of me, so I put him straight about how popular they are.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Just saw Venus in a dark blue sky in the daytime, one hour before sunset. My record viewing has been at lunchtime, when Venus was lower than the Sun.

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Budgieye's comment.

    I once saw Venus at about 6pm, in a summer sky (walking home from work, in Hackney, East London), close to the Sun (but not too close), without any optical aid. It was about mag. -4.4, so fairly bright, once seen, easy to find again. It was at about 10 o'clock to the Sun.

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Did anybody follow the Zooniverse.org meeting on-line and if so, did anything much of interest come out?

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  • stargazerrainbow by stargazerrainbow

    hey guys, im a complete noob to this star/galaxy classifying. is everyone here like a major in astronomy? i just like pretty stars and helping out NASA is also pretty cool amirite?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Nope very few of the Zooites are Pro astronomers most are just hear to do there bit ,Although we have years of Clicking behind us we are still Just zOOITES at heart so welcome Aboard!

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  • Hanny by Hanny moderator

    What BP said. Most of us are not. Welcome to the Zoo! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    New paper - http://arxiv.org/abs/1504.05587

    Well done - Elisabeth Baeten, Julianne Wilcox, Christine Macmillan.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    And don't forget Claude Cornen aka C_cld ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    And not to mention the most important contributors - all 36,982 of them ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I have tickets just in case i can come so watch this space ..............................

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Excellent idea ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    ARIANE V LAUNCH due at 2100 BST 2200 CEST http://www.videocorner.tv/videocorner2/live_flv/index.php?langue=en#.VT08dCFVjBE

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Ooh, tx for the link BP. Looks like I'll get to watch it after all ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I saw the launch - thank you for posting the link BP

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Yep,saw it too ! It is always really exciting ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Another is due to go off in a bit from Florida!

    A Space-X Launch!

    This link will take you to the WEBCAST

    http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    ZOO KEEPER Kevins Birthday to day!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Have a happy! and thanks BP I saw the Space-X Launch. A lovely view of the curvature of the Earth, too.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A Russian Progress Mission Launched earlly the next day and has gone AWOL!

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    The latest news was that a UK company has got control of the spacecraft, not sure if it was true.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    NOT TRUE

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    The latest issue of "Popular Astronomy" (May/June 2015) talks about GZ and the discovery of Green Peas and also talks about the importance of Citizen Scientists in these discoveries.

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  • DZM by DZM admin in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    Hm, pity, it looks like that magazine only goes out in print... no online version.

    I don't suppose anyone who gets the magazine could scan the article so we could see it? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Thanks for letting us know!!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    John http://www.popastro.com/popularastronomy/issue.php?id_popast=27

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Maybe ask SPA for a copy of said article? there Twitter Popular Astronomy
    @popastro

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    It was on the Milky Way project - Geoff sent an electronic copy of the article to Els on Saturday. You could ask her?

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Capella05's comment.

    Yes, I forgot it was about the MW project, when I remembered, I forgot to edit my post. (Jules is mentioned somewhere in the magazine and Kevin S. is quoted in last week's issue of New Scientist.)

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Thanks for that BP, I would imagine the last edition (which is now lost on-line) would have had my name in the index section.

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    More information - https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    It was this month and next so is still active and has only Just been produced and is not about the milky way project but about the Green Peas ans there discovery

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For Brits: The Sky At Night, which is now on BBC4, is on Sunday at 22:00, a few hours later at 2:30 am, and on Thurs May 14 at 19:30 (7:30pm). Topic is Venus. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vlhgz

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I watched it has lost it"s Sparkle

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This has gone to sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This # Tagg on twitter is worth looking at as a lot of Milky way Data is showing up and SDSS DATA and loads of other things GALAXY Wise is coming from Australia i think

    #MDGal15

    This is what it is all about http://www.aao.gov.au/conference/multiwavelength-dissection-of-galaxies

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Worth looking at this is

    The CHILES Survey!

    http://www.astron.nl/phiscc2014/Documents/HI_in_Galaxies/vangorkom.PHISCC14.CHILES.pdf

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    These Black and white Images are very nice and i have started clicking again, Am having one of my sessions where i click for a bit then have a rest then click some more!

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  • Rick_N. by Rick_N.

    Passing through...

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Waves ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Rick N.'s comment.

    Will we be seeing you at ZooCon, Rick? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Interesting Citizen Science article in latest "All About Space" magazine, covering a few of the projects in Zooniverse.org, including Galaxy Zoo, Milky Way and Radio Galaxy Zoo. It also mentions two projects I never heard of before - "www.citiesatnight.org"and "lcogt.net/agentexoplanet".

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  • DZM by DZM admin in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    Good news! I don't suppose it's online, that there might be a link anywhere... ?

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    It is available on-line (http://www.greatdigitalmags.com/), though (as an aside) on pages 38-39 it displays eight galaxies, but doesn't identify them.

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    Just FYI - you will have to purchase a magazine subscription or buy a digital copy. I don't want anyone to think we are distributing copyrighted material free of charge.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    The link was just to let people know how to subscribe to the magazine.

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Yeah, I know ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Rick_N. by Rick_N. in response to Capella05's comment.

    Sorry no, I have various medical appointments that week. Good luck with it (try not to drink too much).

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Rick N.'s comment.

    That's a pity - it might be better telling me not to break any bones this year ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Capella05's comment.

    Beware of flip-flops ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    And @Rick N. : You will be missed !

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    I have sensible shoes this year....

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Tomorrow i am off to MANCHESTER fo the Cosmiccon Event at the hilton Manchester Airport or as My friend Geoff Notkin

    (Meteorite Man) call s it

    "Mos Eisley Space port"

    Will be interesting meeting Geoff for the 1st time and seeing my friend Nick Howes tomorrow as well!

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Have fun BP ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    If galaxies were closer to Earth - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXozLX1ufVE

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    I wonder if this will be turned into a new Zooniverse project (It is suppose to go live in September) -
    http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2015-02-20-race-map-endangered-archaeological-sites-0

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    BBC1 (Tuesday 16th June, 10-35PM), a documentary with Stephen Hawking being interviewed by Dara O'Brian (who has a degree in Theoretical Physics).

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    Interesting, it would make our sky so dramatic.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    Well worth watching.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Well cosmccon was far to expensive for me i went i met geoff Notkin and came home as every thing at the Event cost a lot of ยฃยฃยฃ and i was fairly broke so Next year maybe but i Doubt it!

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Did you get a chance to see Jane M. on her stand?

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    No i was so tired i shook Hands with Geoff Notkin and then the fatigue set in and i had a choice stay up there and talk non sense or go home and sleep on the train and that i did as i was The Walking dead having had 1 hour of sleep the Night before

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    G-3 Solar Radiation STORM Predicted

    ON The 22nd 12-15 UTC 6 (G2)
    15-18 UTC 7 (G3) 18-21UT 7 (G3) 21-00UT 6 (G2) Still day light hear
    on the 23rd at 0000-0030 am GMT 6 (G2)

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    pluto

    https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11406891_10153496291173189_2675841362022852310_n.jpg?oh=f2fa661571277baf012110214ba4d724&oe=5634C21Center image description here

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Wow ! What an amazing image !

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This is WAY into the RED

    http://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/

    KP=9+ G-4 Solar STORM TONIGHT

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Thank you for the warning about northern lights, Blackprojects. I hope someone saw them. It doesn't get dark at night in June in Northern Scotland, and it was cloudy, so I didn't see them.

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Thank you for the Pluto image.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    There are loads more new Pluto Images coming on the net ,As for Aurora you will miss a large display that may be coming on the 27th

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A New Pluto Image!

    enter image description here

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Another New Pluto Image

    enter image description here

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Wow - the resolution is really improving the closer we get!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Images will be so clear in a few day this is the Long range Camera!

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Has anybody tried the new site yet, one or two bugs? - https://www.zooniverse.org

    (Note: You do need "https", "http" doesn't work, well on IE11 it doesn't.)

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Yep ! One or two bugs sums it up nicely ! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    New image of Pluto from NEW Horizons

    enter image description here

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    IOP Award winners 2015

    Kelvin Medal and Prize

    Professor Christopher Lintott, University of Oxford

    For his major contributions to public engagement with science through conventional media (especially through television) and by leading citizen science projects through Zooniverse, opening a new chapter in the history of science by enabling hundreds of thousands of people to participate in the process of scientific discovery

    http://www.iop.org/about/awards/page_65873.html

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Amazing image ! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Congratulations Chris ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    I know when I released my three sports web sites to the public (one up to 1,5 million views now), I checked them against 16 browsers and W3C (World Wide Web Consortium standards) and amended the code a bit, as some of the display font was a bit blocky..........and then along came the Android operating System, so I had to change 2000+ files, though not by hand - Used the Notepad++ options.

    Well done to Chris, maybe drinks all round at ZooCon 2015 and Becky, who just had her first published paper cited.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    NEW Horizons went into a 48 hour safe mode due to a timing error which has now been fixed

    Posted

  • Peter_Dzwig by Peter_Dzwig in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Seriously prestigious! Look at the list of past recipients

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    The National Astronomy Meeting is currently taking place in Llandudno, north Wales.

    http://nam2015.org/index.php

    https://twitter.com/hashtag/NAM2015?src=hash

    A couple of speakers are getting tuned up for ZooCon 2015, by giving some talks.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    From twitter, I see some are in serious training for Saturday's Royal Oak visit, by having a few drinks.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Talk by Karen Masters (BBC R4 - today, Wednesday 8/7/15) on Galaxy Zoo & Zooniverse.org.

    (Note how the studio interviewer addresses both speakers. The other speaker does mention his student.)

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wksyg

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    There is now a press release on the subject matter, covered in the talk -

    http://nam2015.org/index.php/press-releases/49-analysing-galaxy-images-with-artificial-intelligence-astronomers-teach-a-machine-how-to-see

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Have fun i will be thinking of you Downing pints in the Royal oak as i am basking with Concorde at the Museum at least i can get there unless i get some Money from euro millions

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    BP, ZoonCon 2015 is being broadcast Live - see the thread.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Shame i was out yesterday John but am watching the Link https://plus.google.com/events/c3hiu9kfnu7597vbqn5cmchrfkg

    Posted

  • tusharsharma96 by tusharsharma96

    can i get some certificate or proof that i am a volunteer of galaxyzoo.org

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to tusharsharma96's comment.

    There is currently no such thing - but you could always try looking at your profile / stats to see how much you have classified?

    It is something I have recently raised with the Team.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Might be of interest -

    The assembly of โ€œnormalโ€ galaxies at zโˆผ7 probed by ALMA.

    http://allofnothing.org/index.php/2015/07/22/alma-witnesses-assembly-of-galaxies-in-the-early-universe-for-the-first-time/

    Posted

  • sirpeppy by sirpeppy

    Hi all, (long time no speak yea ancient Zoo folk, hope all is well). I just popped by to ask if anyone knows anything about the Kepler data announcement 9am PST Thursday by NASA. Did someone pick something up on Kepler?? Or perhaps it's more data on a known body? Link to article: 'Another Earth?': NASA Hints at Planetary Discovery

    Posted

  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to sirpeppy's comment.

    Sounds cool; I guess we'll just have to tune in to their live announcement if we want to find out! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Apart from me and John is any one else going to Greenwich this Sunday coming August 2nd for the RAS Picnic and zooite gathering suspect the answer is no?

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Sorry BP - I won't be going as I am about to move and need to start packing!

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi BP

    As you already know, I won't be there either. But make it a good one ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This popped up on twitter http://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/events/astronomers-unbound

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Capella05's comment.

    Have a good move and a few celebratory drinks afterwards.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    There are some further details on Zooniverse.org's Talk/Chat.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Well i am not going to Greenwich to day as am not in the long distance traavelling mode

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Just back from the RAS Picnic, where we had hot sunny weather, with a lot of people around.

    About 30 people turned up, including a Dutchman who being at a loose end, looked on the internet, to see what was on in London, astronomy-wise. Jerry Stone turned up with his solar telescopes and we had a look at sunspots and a prominence which seemed to grow larger and smaller as we looked at it.

    Afterwards we went over to Blackheath (where there was a funfair) and launched water rockets, they went quite high.

    Hope to publish some photos later.

    For those who know me, the operation has now been replaced by an injection.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Just seen a photo of Alice and a small report of her Galaxy Zoo talk (along with Tony Cook's Moon Zoo talk) at Ashford (Kent) in March (2015) in JBAA ("Journal of the British Astronomical Association").

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    Um, the link please?

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Unfortunately, it is a paper copy, which gets sent to me. To see it on line, you have to subscribe to it, at https://www.britastro.org/journal-full/6563 or maybe just ask BAA for a copy of the article.

    However, (I think) I probably could send scanned copies to interested parties, if the scanned copies don't go on line, being copyright.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    Link to the photos -

    http://www.johnfairweather42.webspace.virginmedia.com/Astronomy_Matters/RAS_Picnics/RAS_Picnics_Index.html

    (This is one way you could upload your photos, Budgieye.)

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    WHY NOT SEND YOUR NAME TO MARS on the INSIGHT MARS MISSION.

    http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/insight/

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Wonders was this the Galaxy-Zoo Andromeda Project? http://astronomynow.com/2015/09/05/hubbles-andromeda-galaxy-survey-unlocks-clues-to-star-birth/

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    YAY Well done zooites!

    RADIO GALAXY-ZOO!

    http://www.icrar.org/news/news_items/black-hole-hunters

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Great job done by the radio zooites!

    Posted

  • jules by jules in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Wonders was this the Galaxy-Zoo Andromeda Project?

    http://astronomynow.com/2015/09/05/hubbles-andromeda-galaxy-survey-unlocks-clues-to-star-birth/

    Yes - that was indeed the (legendary) Andromeda Project!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Well Now the MOONZOO FORUM is gone what is next?

    It has a Banner at the top saying it is closed Waste of time having forums if after a few years they shut them down and use them as an archive.

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Actually, MoonZoo has been retired as a project. This happens with projects. As a courtesy to all the dedicated moonzooites they are leaving the forum as a read-only archive. I have a lot of fond memories ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    RIP MOON-ZOO Put to Sleep before it"s Time!

    Posted

  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    So another one bites the dust. how sad very very sad.

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Just putting this thing into perspective.


    There had been 12 posts on the MoonZoo forum from June 1st 2015 to 8th of September 2015 + the closing post on Sept. 9 2015.

    The MoonZoo forum had almost no traffic. The only reasonable thing to do was to close it !

    Posted

  • Hanny by Hanny moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    Agreed; the only reasonable thing to do. And yes, it can be sad to say goodbye, but parties just can't last forever.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    There are so few Asro Projects that i like left

    Galaxy-Zoo
    Sun-spotters

    The rest give me head aches one gave me a Migraine so i had to Leave them alone

    The Rest of the Non Astro Projects i am sad to say Leave me cold and not Interested!

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Hi Everyone,

    Been a bit busy the past few days, but all discussions with regards too Moon Zoo are best done on Zooniverse Talk - I think Geoff made a thread (but I cant find it at present!) so please feel free to post your comments there .

    Galaxy Zoo Talk is now just for Galaxy Zoo related questions / comments, so if you have a problem with how a different project is managed / run / communicated - then please raise it on the project in question, or on the Zooniverse board! You will get quicker response time (and cut out the middle man ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ) if you post there, and please make sure to tag @DZM in the post!

    I know this is different from what you are used too, but the Zooniverse is evolving, and from what I have heard / seen over the past two days I am very excited, and very positive for the future ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Following Capella05's advice, I'll be posting something in the new Zooniverse Talk on Moon Zoo. I'm particularly interested in when the first Moon Zoo-based paper, using zooites' clicks, will be published (FWIW, there are no such publications listed on the Z Publications page).

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    It would appear that Galaxy Zoo has some more Images

    http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/09/21/new-images-for-galaxy-zoo-part-1-decals/

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Buttons have Changed in Galaxy Zoo

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Enough for now my Hand is starting to Ache!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    What an Image !

    Shame it will not work

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    ??? What won't work?

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Image i forgot that zoo images will not work directly

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Oh - did you want to post an image from the classification interface that you had just classified?

    I just classified this one - right click get "Copy image URL" and paste here using the image button. Is that what you were looking for?

    enter image description here

    If you navigated to talk at the end of the classification, you would be able to do the same.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I am getting old and Rusty

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    One thing that peeves me of is the Sliding announcement that says we use Blah Blah Blah when clicking the Last thing i need is a distraction like that as it puts me OFF!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Horizontal and Polar rings at the Same Time!

    But what is the Cat"s EYE Below the Main Galaxy?

    enter image description here

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    That is a foreground star.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Made to look strange things people do to get noticed

    Posted

  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Hey @Blackprojects,

    Next time you see one of those sliding notifications you should be able to click the opt-out messages at the bottom of it, and then you won't see them anymore. If you click that and you still see them please let us know. Thanks ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    -Brooke

    Posted

  • twpeters by twpeters

    It has been a very, VERY long time since I have visited the GZ forum, (something like 7 years). It's good to be back!

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to twpeters's comment.

    Welcome back twpeters !

    happy hunting ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    LUNAR ECLIPSE Times

    enter image description here

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Woohoo ! Thanks BP! Clear skies ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Els i have High Pressure above me so i may get clear Skies I HOPE!

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Crossing everything I have to cross ! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    If m double Male RS232 Cable arrives tomorrow the scope will be under computer control

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    No idea what you are talking about but I'm thinking whoohoo ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Is a computer cable that will allow me to control my scopes motor drive with Stellarium

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Wow, sounds amazing ! ๐Ÿ˜„ Have fun !

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    It is i was given the motor drive is worth ยฃ200.00

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    If any one is wondering i stopped clicking for a bit as my life got on top of me for a bit. ( Functioning Depressive)

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Hugs !

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Hey BP ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Know the feeling too well. Just realise you can come and go whenever you want. GZ will be here for a loooong time.

    Take care and you have my mobile # - make use of it! xx

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Hello everyone ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi stellar ! Long time no see ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Yeah, it's been an eventful while ๐Ÿ˜ƒ How has everyone been? I missed the zoo.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Ooo interesting shame i am not really hear much

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    We missed you too ! Did you manage to take a peek at the new Zoo ? Lots of new projects ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • DZM by DZM admin in response to stellar190's comment.

    Welcome back! ๐Ÿ˜„ I don't believe we've met, but hi! Hope to see you around Galaxy Zoo and the rest of the Zooniverse a whole bunch!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I am clicking again on Galax-yzoo i wonder how many i can do?

    Stellar is an old Zooite from the 1st zoo

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    That is me finished for tonight found some interesting Galaxies which may give some one some thing to look at

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190 in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    I did look at the zoos, you've really expanded in the two years I've been awol, and since 2008 when I joined ๐Ÿ˜„ I've dropped in and out from time to time, but didn't really commit until now. Long term health issues became a problem ๐Ÿ˜› But some good things have been happening anyway my end, I'm getting married! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190 in response to DZM's comment.

    Thank you! I hope so too ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    Welcome back @stellar190, and congratulations on your engagement! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to stellar190's comment.

    Welcome back Stellar !! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Wow - getting married! Congratulations! You are making the rest of us feel really old now! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190 in response to Capella05's comment.

    I've only known you all since I was 13 and now I'm nearly 21... Okay that's a while ๐Ÿ˜›

    Posted

  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Glad to see you back in the Zoo Stellar, hope you'll stay around and do some classifying. Are you still studying?

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190 in response to GeoffRoynon's comment.

    Nah, no formal studying at the moment unfortunately. Illness kinda put a stop to that for a while. Buuut I have astro research in the works so hopefully you'll be hearing things in the future about that ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to stellar190's comment.

    Ooh, I can still remember those days ! People were really protective of you ! But you handled it really well ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    And congrats with the wedding and moving in together and everything else ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    i feel so old

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    all the young people i new getting Married moving on Fading away

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    @Blackprojects It is called life ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Yeah i often want to get off and wander awy from it all

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    I know just how you feel ! But then something good comes along ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Hmm am wondering what this is?

    enter image description here

    Posted

  • KWillett by KWillett scientist, admin, translator

    Hard to say without more data, but it looks like a low-surface brightness, irregular galaxy. You might add the link to this object's Talk page; you can click through to the Galaxy Zoo Examine page for this object to get more data on it.

    Posted

  • Benescu by Benescu in response to KWillett's comment.

    Here is the DECaLS interactive picture: http://imagine.legacysurvey.org/?ra=333.0472&dec=0.6708&zoom=15&layer=decals-dr1j

    Here is the SDSS data link: http://skyserver.sdss.org/dr9/en/tools/explore/obj.asp?ra=333.04752285&dec=0.6715887

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This Popped up on Twitter Thank to Chris!

    A Lecture on the 19th of November!

    http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/about-us/outreach/public/public-lectures/the-hintze-lectures

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The above Lecture is open to every one!

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Thanks for finding out BP! I think I will make an appearance ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Have fun i doubt i will be there but will be fun for you and other zooites to go and enjoy

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Thought I'd drop by and go 'hey I carved a space pumpkin', hah ๐Ÿ˜› here are photos https://twitter.com/Stellar190/status/659076214297088000

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to stellar190's comment.

    Wow ! Well carved ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • KWillett by KWillett scientist, admin, translator in response to stellar190's comment.

    That is tremendous!!

    (features or disk, not edge-on, no bar, spiral structure, 4+ arms, medium wound, something odd, odd = pumpkin)

    Posted

  • DZM by DZM admin in response to stellar190's comment.

    Hey @stellar190 -- could we use that for a Halloween-themed #DailyZoo post? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Thanks everyone, it was a lot of fun ๐Ÿ˜„

    And yeah sure, I'd love to see it in a Daily Zoo ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to stellar190's comment.

    Nice carving.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Pumpkin Universe!

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    pumpkin in the sky, from the forum

    enter image description here

    from 8.7 jokes, limericks http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=8&comment_id=53d8bc5c0d43f776b00010bf

    Posted

  • stellar190 by stellar190

    A second pumpkin carving, more silly this time ๐Ÿ˜„ https://twitter.com/Stellar190/status/660569595149983744?s=09

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    So halloween has come and gone and this Nodded off again

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi BP,

    Everything okay ? ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    Nice to be here on the weekend! Having had to change my name from Rick N. to Rick_Nowell as a result of recent changes, how do I access my old user name's profile etc. please?

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Rick_Nowell's comment.

    Hi Rick

    I think the answer lies in this thread : https://www.zooniverse.org/talk/17/17450/

    If not, you should contact DZM 8

    Hope this helps ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Cheers, Els

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    Thankyou Els for your prompt reply. I've left a question on that thread, so something might happen.

    My original username still works on the login for the forum, interestingly or not.

    Posted

  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Logging in with Rick_N. should do the trick likely

    http://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000003/discussions/DGZ10019s8

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    I still use underscores when writing lengthy file names, as I was informed to do so. Because a computer has to decide whether a space is a zero value or a mistake when reading a line of text, if the file name is all_one_continuous_line_of_text then it is read quicker and uses less processing. Certainly on a more macro scale it makes sense to lessen processor power to ease server traffic. Whether that was a factor in banning spaces I wouldn't guess at.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I am ok no problems

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A Space Station Re supply Launch goes off tomorrow around 2200PM GMT

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Hmm another message from zoo HQ on some project that has no interest for me i am a space nut plane and simple non space projects are not my cup of tea

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    What project is that ? ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Rick_Nowell's comment.

    Rick, when I developed my three public web sites, I put spaces in URL file names, then I couldn't work out, whether I had one or two spaces, so I found putting underscores in was the best solution.

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    There does seem a lot of non-space projects coming along.

    I have put a comment in Zooniverse/Talk about the SKA programme (http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/research/ska/). When it comes on line, it will produce a lot of data, the majority of which will be dumped. So, I don't know whether any of the "dumped" data, could make a Zooniverse space project, may have to wait and see.

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    This one probably - http://whaling.oldweather.org

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    COMET HUNTERS is now my new Fave!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    FUN FACT: 'default' galaxy for SDSS navigate from the homepage is IC 2497

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For Brits, BBC The Sky at Night has a special on "The Star of Bethlehem" Wed Dec 30 at 9 pm, rerun at 1 am

    The usual format for these SOB shows is:

    What is a supernova? it is not a supernova

    What is a comet? it is not a comet

    Maybe a conjunction of two planets, important in astrology. Or maybe not.

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather

    Answer on SAN, was that the SOB was a comet.

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Yes, I had never heard that the Chinese had a comet listed for that period. I wonder why the Assyrians didn't have it listed along with their conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. But I liked the recurring nova theory too.

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Edited transcript of roundtable discussion of the Kavli foundation with Anupreeta More, Aprajita Verma and Chris Lintott on space.com

    http://m.space.com/31626-crowdsourced-astronomy-finding-faint-galaxies-in-deep-space.html

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    So is there an astrofest thread/

    Posted

  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Some people in Australia are setting up a Astrofest Tweet thread in the next few days.

    There is a Astrofest Facebook thread.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    OMG Do i feel OLD @Stellar190 is 21 to day Happy Birthday Hannah

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    When is Zooniverse 2016 meeting this year? and is it in Oxford?

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    As far as I know there no date or venue has been set for ZooCon 2016.

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Happy B'Day Stellar ! ๐Ÿ˜„ x

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I was grounded due to asthma attack on friday

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Thanks for the birthday wishes ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Have i Missed another survey being added to the system?

    Illustris

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Yes - but it was just simulated galaxies. I was not that fond of them...

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    OOH Simulated is a waste of my time

    Posted

  • KWillett by KWillett scientist, admin, translator

    I will say that classifying the simulated ones are really valuable for us, and will allow us to do some unique science. But we do know it's not everyone's cup of tea. The simulated images have actually been only about 1% of all the images we've ever shown on Galaxy Zoo (16,000 out of almost 1.8 million), and the GZ team has emphasized the importance of keeping real galaxies on the site as much as possible.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I do not click as much as i used to. so finding out a part of my clicks are not real makes me not a Happy Camper i know you feel they are worth while but......................

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Bats and Wilder beast err NOPE not for me thanks am wondering what i will get next ?

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Time to go to the Museum and help look after Concorde to day

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Maybe a bit late, but hope you had a great day ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    It was a great day relaxing enjoying the sunshine!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I am wondering what this is was apparently imaged by a NASA Telescope but i can not find any info on it came up on Twitter https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cd1sRxMWwAEcmUM.jpgenter image description here

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Here you go : http://astrobites.org/2013/04/26/blowing-bubbles-from-our-galaxy/ ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    So we are below the Pink / Purple

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    We're 'near' the sun ๐Ÿ˜ƒ. Impressive bubbles btw, aren't they detectable / visible in other spiral galaxies?

    enter image description here

    Artistโ€™s impression of the high-energy emission from the Fermi bubbles. Credit: NASA/GSFC

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Am wondering if the Bubbles are the Aftermath of a QSO session our Galaxy?

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    The bubbles are faint but large patches of X-rays in the sky. Hardly visible from our galaxy, they would be harder to see in distant galaxies. It seems likely that all spiral galaxies would have them?

    enter image description here

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/new-structure.html

    wiki: Illustration of the two gigantic X-ray/gamma-ray bubbles (blue-violet) of the Milky Way (center) These observations are best interpreted as a magnetized outflow driven by star formation in the central 640 ly (200 pc) of the Milky Way.[10

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    A new project started on April 1

    https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/martenveldthuis/wildcam-gorgonzola/home

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Another one has started and it is Space relater but not for me

    Posted

  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

    Good question! They should theoretically be detectable given enough data at the right wavelengths, and I know there are people searching for them in archival data, but I'm not sure there are many galaxies with enough coverage. I'd love to know how common these bubbles are in other galaxies.

    Posted

  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    I see, well in this case at least their size shouldn't be a problem. And as always, why would the Miky Way be anything special ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Some more on the Fermi Bubbles (from 2012), now with jets.

    enter image description here

    This artist's conception shows an edge-on view of the Milky Way galaxy. Newly discovered gamma-ray jets (pink) extend for 27,000 light-years above and below the galactic plane, and are tilted at an angle of 15 degrees. Previously known gamma-ray bubbles are shown in purple. The bubbles and jets suggest that our galactic center was much more active in the past than it is today.
    David A. Aguilar (CfA) HARVARD-SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS


    Press release
    https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2012-16


    And paper 'Evidence for Gamma-ray Jets in the Milky Way'

    Meng Su, Douglas P. Finkbeiner http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5852#


    #Edgeon #dustlane #jets #overlap #x-shaped #AGN

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For Brits, Stephen Hawking is on The Sky At Night tomorrow (Sunday Apr 10, BBC4) on Black Holes. Repeated Thursday 7;30. Also on iplayer (for Brits only, I think)

    The programme looks at the latest understanding of black holes, featuring an interview with Stephen Hawking. Black holes are one of the greatest mysteries in the universe. They behave in a way that is contrary to laws of physics and one has never actually been seen. However, the recent detection of gravitational waves, as predicted by Einstein, proves that black holes exist and provides a way to investigate their remarkable behaviour and properties. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077ryr3

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Gama ray Bubbles mean that any one and any thing alive in those areas would not Survive the Leethal Radiation.

    Posted

  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Anyone knows if Mercury or Venus is in between us and the sun this morning? My nitesky app broke down ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    There is a big sunspot. The transit of Mercury will be on May 9, and Venus not for a hundred years or so.

    http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=13&month=04&year=2016

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Ah cool thanks! Must be really big then i spotted it by eye 8) seriously hoped the USS Enterprise finally arrived.

    I had the help of a lot of fog + sunglasses, took some iPhone pictures but i don't think it's visible without editing


    EDIT

    And beautiful too, now that's what i call i warm heart ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    enter image description here

    Big sunspot AR2529 is now directly facing Earth, giving solar astronomers a clear view of the behemoth active region. This morning, April 13th, Karzaman Ahmad of the Langkawi National Observatory in Malaysia took a closer look and found that the sunspot is shaped like a heart.
    Ahmad inserted a picture of Earth to show the scale of the sunspot. The primary dark core is several times wider than our entire planet. You have to love a sunspot with those kind of dimensions.

    http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=13&month=04&year=2016

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Did see AR 2529 by eye again today. Just wear 5-6 sunglasses at once ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Cool to see it slowly change position during a few days

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

    Please, only use eclips glasses when looking directly at the sun. It would be horrible if you got eye damage.
    But that said, thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Oh sorry yeah forgot the obligatory disclaimer:

    never look directly at the sun!

    But when you do, take safety precautions!

    enter image description here

    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Oooo A BINARY Hyper Velocity Stars

    I sent this to aida on FB

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Mu7BqlF40s

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This is far better if you want to Look at the Sun and it is Dark or Cloudy SDO Images

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I wonder the year is marching on any news?

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Any news for what BP?

    Posted

  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Incradible imaginery by Rhys Taylor,

    http://www.rhysy.net/galaxy-sizes.html

    Can you spot the Milky Way? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    http://zoom.it/wt8t

    Credits and kudos to Rhys Taylor

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

    Yes, the galaxy size comparison posters are beautiful. Thank you for posting. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Is Zoocon happening this year?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Helllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooo

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Hi BP and no idea about ZooCon ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    I haven't heard anything either...

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Thinking no zoocon this year

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Transit of Mercury tomorrow, Monday morning in America, Monday afternoon in Europe and Africa, Monday evening in parts of west Asia, nothing for east Asia, Australia or Antarctic.

    Now follows the usual warnings

    NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN, even with sunglasses, fog, clouds etc in the way.

    BINOCULARS AND TELESCOPES ARE DANGEROUS unless you absolutely know what you are doing.

    Mercury will be too small to be seen with just eclipse glasses.

    Lots of info here http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/may-9th-transit-of-mercury-everything-you-need-to-know/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=sky-mya-nl-160506&utm_content=842852_SKY_HP_eNL_160506&utm_medium=email

    Video streaming:

    http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/cesar/streaming

    Go here to watch live on-line::

    On May 9th, the planet Mercury will pass in front of the sun, producing an
    inky-black spot on the solar disk. Catch it live
    http://www.ccssc.org/webcast.html on the Internet, courtesy of the
    Coca-Cola Space Science Center in Columbus, Georgia.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    May 12 is apparently National Limerick awareness Day. For our own scientific limericks, see

    Forum: Zoo limericks http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=278070.0

    You can make more too!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Have you seen this one ? ๐Ÿ˜„

    enter image description here

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  • CeciliaB by CeciliaB

    There was a young person from Crewe,

    who'd just joined Galaxy Zoo.

    "What's all this I see?

    What can it all be?

    Oh dear, I haven't a clue!"

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to CeciliaB's comment.

    ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to CeciliaB's comment.

    I ended up in Crewe once, I was aiming for Birmingham, but I got on the wrong train from London. Just like the song from 100 years ago, some things don't change

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh!_Mr_Porter

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    LOL ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Carnegie Institution for Science presents:
    The Secret Lives of Galaxies

    Read more at http://library.fora.tv/event/the_secret_lives_of_galaxies/watchlive#U2Wq0pkB4Pl2iTYF.99
    Read more at http://library.fora.tv/event/the_secret_lives_of_galaxies/watchlive#75C7rgZjYVm0G21T.99

    http://library.fora.tv/event/the_secret_lives_of_galaxies/watchlive

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Interesting http://spogs.org/

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I wonder how long zooites would take to sort and classify this lot? http://spogs.org/sample.html

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This is Going the way of the DO-DO Extinction!

    Posted

  • mlpeck by mlpeck

    Is what going to extinction? For what it's worth I've downloaded the SPOGS sample catalog as well as all spectra from the sample. There are quite a few false positives, which to their credit they acknowledge and discuss at some length.

    I also suspect the database the SPOGS team used for line strengths has some rather large errors at least for some critical absorption lines.

    How do you think zooites could add value to the sample? With morphological classifications? That was the objective of the first part of the Quench project, which has not (to date at least) produced scientifically useful results.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I was mearly posing a question on how long my fellow volunteers could have gone through the data not thinking of how we could have added to the Data adding the link was mearly to show my fellow zooites what the project is about nothing more.

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  • Capella05 by Capella05 moderator

    Looks like ZooCon may happen in September, in Oxford ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Good news!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Nice

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Just watched the Soyuz capsule undock from the International Space Station live on TV. Nice images of Earth and ISS.

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Listen to the Zooniverse

    Recently, during one of our regular "hack days", Zooniverse lead
    front-end developer Jim O'Donnell created 'Listen to the Zooniverse'.
    Based on a similar page for Wikipedia edits, it allows you to listen
    to the classifications and Talk comments as they come in from all
    across the Zooniverse. It's actually very relaxing (I have it on while
    I work most days now), and it's great to think that every time you
    hear a sound, that's a brand new contribution to research! Listen
    along now at eatyourgreens.github.io/listen-to-zooniverse

    http://eatyourgreens.github.io/listen-to-zooniverse/

    https://daily.zooniverse.org/2016/06/20/listen-to-the-zooniverse/

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    I find it very relaxing too ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Listening to it over several days, I noticed that the rate of classifications - per how often a new note is heard - varies quite a bit.

    And yeah, it sure it relaxing ...

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to JeanTate's comment.

    Yes, I was just wondering what it would sound like when thousands of people were classifying ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    July 4 NASAโ€™s solar-powered Juno spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter after an almost five-year journey.

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html

    https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-juno-spacecraft-in-orbit-around-mighty-jupiter

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    They really need a super sized booster rocket to get missions out to deep space really fast

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Old but very worth watching

    @MJIBrown 1h
    Michael Lauter's digital restorations of the 1972 Toomre & Toomre galaxy simulations now available in many formats.

    https://twitter.com/MJIBrown/status/752610421706809344/photo/1Merging Galaxy Simulations

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Also from twitter

    @MJIBrown
    The mystery of spiral galaxies with no new stars. Me, @amelia_fmc & @jabberjabber0 via @ConversationEDU. enter link description hereโ€ฆ #astronomy

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    SN Zoo is so tiring my fingers need a rest

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    LOL ! Don't overdo it. There will be loads of images to classify on this one. No need to do them all in one go ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I have over 3,000 so far and it seems every Tuesday a new batch of data will be uploaded, In the Old SN ZOO I Clicked over 17,800+ so have a long way to go but that was over 3 Years Smoking Fingers for me!

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    The British Telecom internet (BT) was down for hours after the lightning storms.

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Oops, sounds like it was really bad ! Hope you're okay ! They've been promising thunderstorms all day (late afternoon) but no rain whatsoever and still sweltering hot !

    Posted

  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    A house was hit by lightning several miles away, which fried their electrics. At 2 am, I had everything unplugged and antennae disconnected. But in the morning, my computer had no internet. I thought I had made some mistake unplugging and plugging, or some new Windows 10 incompatibility , and I reset the router, and turned everything off and on again, but nothing worked. I had a timid look at computer settings, but gave up, and hoped that it was an outside problem. It is hard to find out information such as "Why doesn't my internet work?" when the internet doesn't work ๐Ÿ˜ƒ I eventually found the teletext service on TV mentioned some problems with BT, so I just waited.
    edit

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    So, all in all, no harm done ! ๐Ÿ˜„ Glad you got away unscathed ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    So another 4,500 Objects are Gone on the New SN ZOO!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    All Done so is ZooCon not happening this year?

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    No idea about ZooCon ! ๐Ÿ˜ฆ

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    ZooKeepers to busy this year.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    On another note : here's a fun thing from SN Hunters (for me ! ) :

    Your classifications helped us discover a superluminous supernova in last week's data! Thanks to a massive effort, all of the data was classified within 24 hours and in time for PESSTO. This new object is known as SN 2016els and is now in the follow-up queue for PESSTO, which means we will continue to gather data on it. This is a rare find as only about 50 superluminous supernovae have ever been discovered! By studying this supernova in detail we hope to help explain what drives these explosions to be 10-100 times brighter than normal supernovae.

    Links to the classification ATel and TNS report where you can see the classification spectrum are in the Results section of the project. Thanks to: 'TED91' 'nilium' 'voyager1682002' 'ElisabethB' 'PreJhTrg' 'BLGoodwin' 'chrostek' 'qbpd' 'MerylPG' 'smbush' 'toxiko' 'Melina_t' 'Miss-Moo' 'Pixelstain' 'tango'

    who all contributed to the discovery of this supernova.

    So, although I'm not in the top 3 of the discoverers, the SN is called : SN2016els ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    For people wanting to participate in SN Hunters : The new data are uploaded every Tuesday at around 2 pm Belgium time(UTC +2).

    Happy hunting ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    24 Hours for 4,500 Objects that is Insane

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I am waiting for the next deluge to be unleashed on SN Hunters can almost see many people sitting there tapping there Fingers beside keyboards.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    And we are off with

    There are 6500 subjects 36 hours should see that lot Gone.

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Is it just me or is it staggering under the weight of all the people Clicking away it pauses for severall seconds

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Am going to go back to Sleep for a bit as so tired from Last nights ill ness (IBS)

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Take care BP !

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Early this Morning Life Chucked a Spanner in the Works and gave me an Asthma Episode on top of every thing Else i am still hear thanks to the NHS nebulised Bloods taken all clear on those Have steroids and some Anti-biotics.

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Ouch ! That doesn't sound too great ! Glad you're okay !

    Hugs

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    On top of that i had a sever Indigestion problem re emerge had thought it had gone for good but it came back has left me week and not at my best seems Life does not want me to reach 50 Now my Back is giving me greif it may be best to go and see a DR Tomorrow

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @ESO Gave me this on @TWITTER The Proxima Paper

    http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1629/eso1629a.pdf?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=SocialSignIn&utm_source=Twitter

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I have clicked a few on Super nova hunters but am waiting for it to get dark so i can use my motor mount and have a look at some of the wonders of the universe

    Posted

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Go BP ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The 1st Night i looked at Vega and Deneb then Saturn Mars then M13 then M-31 and then got carried away looking at so much , The Scope is a 127 mm Maksutov and is F-11.81 so quite slow but still has a 1,500 MM Focal length so i can Reach way out i saw Uranus and Neptune , The Scope is Known as a PLANET KILLER!

    What can be seen with it

    enter link description here

    Posted

  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    Hanny addressed various Members of the European Parliament on the 7th of September about the Voorwerp and GZ! It's about six years since the Voorwerp webcomic was unleashed at Dragon Con in Atlanta- I just found the link to the promo posters. The comic is still available as a .pdf download.

    http://www.hannysvoorwerp.com/07-comic/

    http://hannysvoorwerp.zooniverse.org/

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I am annoyed with Sky at Night. I failed to find or record it this month, since it was called "Goodbye to Rosetta.." instead of Sky at Night. I know I have another chance on Thursday, and yes, it is on BBC iplayer, but I wasted 10 minutes of my life looking for it.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Go have a look in your messages Budgieeye

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    Can anyone help list how many incarnations there have been of Galaxy Zoo? It will help update the GZ Wiki article. I've got ten:

    GZ1, GZ2, GZ Mergers,GZ Supernovae, GZ Hubble, GZ CANDELS, GZ Radio, GZ Quench, GZ DECALS 1, GZ DECALS2 + SDSS

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Galaxies and non-galaxies? Try these.

    https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/

    https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/07/10/eight-years-and-eight-different-types-of-galaxy-images/

    You can look at this page though I am sure it needs update.

    LIST OF GALAXY ZOOS AND ASTRONOMY ZOOS

    https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=5&comment_id=53d8ba0c0d43f77bb6000fa7

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Useful to know, thank you.

    Almost all of the latest Sky at Nights are on Youtube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxlysEzfOgA

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin in response to Rick_Nowell's comment.

    You're missing Illustris and UKIDSS from the images we have/are classified.

    There were GZ Bars projects. @vrooje has the best memory of all of them.

    Also look out for Galaxy Zoo 3D coming to beta soon. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell in response to klmasters's comment.

    Nice! There are/were seven on the WP GZ article. 3D GZ?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Zoo

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to klmasters's comment.

    Ooooh! Galaxy Zoo 3D ?

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin

    Can you wait for the beta? I'll definitely post that here, but I'd like to wait for the feedback form to be set up so that we can collect your responses. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Basically for now it's marking where spirals arms (etc) are in galaxies observed by the MaNGA survey.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Interesting this is http://www.sdss.org/surveys/manga/

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This is pooping up on twitter

    @PeterDEdmonds 2m
    .@astrogrant: I forgot to add the figure. Anyway, not only can BH driven jets push gas around they can also -> extra star formation. pic.twitter.com/TZKtUOTIin

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Another from twitter

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    1st one i seem yo have missed it from twitter

    "@vrooje: starts with a beautiful mosaic of different galaxies, with some showing dramatic mergers."

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Where the above tweets are coming from.

    https://twitter.com/PeterDEdmonds

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @PeterDEdmonds 39s
    .@astrogrant: shows a staggeringly complicated looking but powerful instrument to get 10s of 1000s of spectra at once!

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Another

    @astrogrant mentions an interesting recent result: "Starving Black Hole Returns Brilliant Galaxy to the Shadows"

    https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1631/

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A Live stream will come from the Symposium tomorrow

    Times are EDT.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL9Ite62FcE

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Am trying to watch this But it is constantly buffering China Space station Docking.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuzZYzSoEEU&feature=youtu.be

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The china space craft may have docked but the youtube feed has crashed

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Yes that's right.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Mars lander Buried it"s Self

    enter image description here

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin in response to klmasters's comment.

    Hi all - the "Galaxy Zoo: 3D" beta project is now live: https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/klmasters/galaxy-zoo-3d would love to have your feedback on this. Please register as a beta tester if you are interested. I'll also start a new thread here about it. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin

    The link to the other thread on this: https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ00025q2

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I had a look is not for me will go back to Supernovas.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to klmasters's comment.

    I'm clicking as we speak ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • CSA00 by CSA00 in response to klmasters's comment.

    This is a typo:
    Manga beta typo โ€ฆ
    Do this for all the spiral arms you can see, and when you are finished, press 'done'. If
    there

    spiral arms come out from a bar, enclose only the arms, not the bar as below.

    =============================================================

    Also it is busy and might be (boring) biased.

    On the other hand,

    enter image description here
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    1237668270822326447

    Use the fake AGN technique to dim (REMOVE) the core and bar and display that example.

    Next, overlay image 2's dark pixels and allow for transparency โ€˜dimmingโ€™ like Aladinโ€™s app.
    Save this classifier approved inverse rendition as your sample.

    Also supply the original object ID too.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Have done some more SN clicking zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Hi all, how've you all been? Amazing over how many years GZ moderators keep on helping on a daily basis, boggles the mind. Ah well got me WiFi and a fresh mind now ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi GSS welcome back and thanks !

    It is a pleasure and keep the questions coming ! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Happy hunting

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  • CeciliaB by CeciliaB

    Glad to see you back, Ghost_Sheep_SWR! I've missed your energy and enthusiasm.

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Good to hear and see you all again ๐Ÿ˜ƒ , sorry for the sudden cut-off, multiple reasons.

    Shame to see a lot of images from me and others from earlier posts all went black btw, see the unreported SNe thread for instance. probably has to do with changes in DECaLS or something.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

    DECaLS dr2 cutouts, are black. Oh dear.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Brits: The elusive program The Sky at Night. BBC website says

    There are no upcoming broadcasts of this programme

    Why?

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell in response to Budgieye's comment.

    There's a Tweet today that suggests a next episode with Maggie going to Mars. Perhaps the website isn't updated regularly.
    "Our Mars episode will go out on Sunday the 13th of November".

    https://twitter.com/BBCStargazing

    https://twitter.com/BBCStargazing/status/793080518514446337

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Yes, perhaps it is the week after. Thank you Rick. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk7h

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This came up on my email early this Morning

    The Cosmology Large Angular Scale Surveyor

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZnOsCHtV7o&feature=em-lssstrong text

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Springtime on Mars 2020

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjiGH9QNiU0

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Speed of light determined 360 years ago! In 1676! Could I do this today?

    Google link http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae22.cfm

    Rรธmer's determination of the speed of light https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rรธmer's_determination_of_the_speed_of_light


    First sucessful measurement of distance to a star 1838 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_parallax#19th_and_20th_centuries


    Distance to a galaxy 1917 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy#Distinction_from_other_nebulae

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Ooooh activity has an astrofest thread been started?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A Christmas message from The Prof

    https://daily.zooniverse.org/2016/12/24/zooniverse-advent-day-24-a-chris-tmas-message/

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Chris Lintott was on on Christmas University Challenge today. He did fine on questions on mean free path, and Mars missions. His team didn't win unfortunately.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086y91b
    He has been on before.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    i was busy clicking on a project and now it is all finished

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Happy New Year!

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  • Abe_Hoekstra by Abe_Hoekstra

    Happy New Year, Ghost_Sheep_SWR, and thanks for your help ๐Ÿ˜ƒ.

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  • zysyx by zysyx

    The thought just occurred to me, does a citizen scientist (I.e. Zysyx) have a spiral-ID sidedness? In other words, is it likely that I am more able/apt to identify a "clockwise" spiral than a "counterclockwise"? It would be interesting to track that error factor among the many others probably already being tracked. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ It's an excellent challenge to ID giant objects given a square cm of pixel info! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Galaxy Zoo certainly started with an experiment on clockwise / anticlockwise. See

    5.2 Galaxy Zoo 1 chirality (clockwise etc) https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/#/boards/BGZ0000001/discussions/DGZ0000wrb?page=5

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  • zysyx by zysyx

    Thanks for the link. Lots to delve into! I was thinking about Mels' zoom/filter image alterations, and was wondering how much human bias affects the data- (handedness, written language heritage (reading left to right etc), colorblindness and so forth)- then envisioning flipping and mirroring the datasets and tracking the morphological IDs and seeing if they differ. Something to do once all the other projects are complete ๐Ÿ˜ƒ word of the day: chirality! Thanks again.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For Brits: BBC The Sky at Night has its guest this month Neil deGrassie Tyson, who presents a guide to the most detailed 3D map of the galaxy. He is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science communicator, presenting StarTalk (National Geographic Channel)

    Sunday night at 10 on BBC4, repeated Thurs 7:30

    EDIT: I am disappointed that it was a film clip, not a chat.

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    I think we are in the matrix ๐Ÿ˜‰

    https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2012/01/11/galaxy-overlaps-at-the-aas/

    https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2017/01/04/galaxy-zoo-relatives-at-aas-meeting-hubble-does-overlapping-galaxies/

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    Anyone near Bristol U.K. is welcome to a Talk I'm giving on GZ, Voorwerps, the Peas and CS. It's today week at the BAS at Bristol Photographic. 30 mins at most. 8 years since this:

    https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2009/01/21/galaxy-zoo-goes-to-bristol/

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvsaaCmb2-E

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Budgieye's comment.

    I'm not sure if I mentioned that he was interviewed on BBC R4 a few days ago - "The Life Scientific".

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to johnfairweather's comment.

    How do I keep missing all these things on BBC radio 4 !!

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  • johnfairweather by johnfairweather in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Here is the link, just click on the photo - http://www.bbc.co.uk/search?filter=programmes&q=the+life+scientific

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Hmm was that an asteroid zipping past just now? (North-West to South-East from Western Europe)

    Nvm probably Hubble

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    The International Space Station went by Europe at about 6pm todau. Hubble is only visible from near the equator.

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to Budgieye's comment.

    I think that was too early, but maybe it was that. EDIT argh i'm confusing things, yes it probably was the ISS it flew over me around that time, checked here;

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMQza8xZCc

    That little satellite icon makes me think it's Hubble ๐Ÿ˜•

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Finding ISS and satellites http://heavens-above.com/

    ISS is very bright, and moves from W to E.

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell in response to Rick_Nowell's comment.

    The BAS Talk went well, managing to combine GZ, H'sV, Peas and Citizen Science. Lots of pictures and a knowledgeable audience made for an entertaining evening.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Rick_Nowell's comment.

    Good for you ! ๐Ÿ˜„ And for the audience too !

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    They particularly liked, I feel, these Voorwerpjes. I called them 'Vorverps', perhaps coining an Anglicisation of however it is really pronounced and not using the other diminuations, plurals etc. They liked this picture:

    Vorverps

    A Hubble Space Telescope combined image of eight quasar ionisation echoes, or Voorwerpjes. CREDITS: NASA, ESA and Prof. William Keel

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    My fingers are to tired to click any more on Galaxyzoo3d @the_zooniverse 148 is enough for now

    This is highly addictive

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Yes it is ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I wasn't aware that Galaxy Zoo 3D was live. EDIT: oh, I see it went live 5 hours ago.

    https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/klmasters/galaxy-zoo-3d

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Here is the blog:

    https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2017/03/08/introducing-galaxy-zoo-3d-aka-why-are-sdss-galaxies-back/

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Way to Go Kevin!

    @kevinschawinski 8h
    Very honored to be awarded the European Astronomical Societyโ€™s MERAC Prize http://eas.unige.ch/merac_prizes.jsp โ€ฆ pic.twitter.com/s8JdQ0OzYx

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Meanwhile in Australia!

    @the_zooniverse 3h
    Exoplanet Explorers โ€“ Whatโ€™s happened in the last 24 hours? http://daily.zooniverse.org/2017/04/05/exoplanet-explorers-whats-happened-in-the-last-24-hours โ€ฆ pic.twitter.com/eg9uN3FCl5

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This may interest some it is the first of the Australian Version of stargazing Live shows not the BBC but the ABC Australia Shows
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5e51GvSh7k&t=2200s

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Thank you Blackprojects.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A long time ago

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/markredgwell/asignhandovergreenwich.jpg

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The photographers no one ever takes photos of them

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Aww ! Such fond memories! ๐Ÿ˜„

    Tx BP !

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This came up on Twitter

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connecting-with-the-crowd-tickets-33427919808

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    More from Twitter

    @chrislintott May 2
    Look! First paper from @kruksandor - a curious collection of @galaxyzoo galaxies where the bar isn't in the middle. https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.00007

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Interesting this is coming up on Twitter

    @lisaharveysmith 26m
    Really interesting talk by Bi-Qing For from @ICRAR about how gas bubbles and flows in and between galaxies! #ozska3 pic.twitter.com/SPT4eD3s2q

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @lisaharveysmith
    Julia Bryant on the Hector galaxy survey for @AAOastro optical telescope. Will complement @CSIROnews ASKAP surveys perfectly #ozska3

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @lisaharveysmith
    Today I'm at the Australian SKA meeting. First up Sarah Pearce from @CSIRO_ATNF with a @SKA_Australia update. #OZSKA3

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @lisaharveysmith
    Karen Lee-Waddell tells #ozska3 about the ASKAP early science she's being doing to study nearby galaxies. That's a lot of data already!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @lisaharveysmith
    Tom Booler giving us a much-needed dose of realism. Must accept that @SKA_telescope is incremental and seize the opportunity now #ozska3

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @ProfAstroSarah
    Randall Wayth shows us the gorgeous @mwatelescope #GLEAM animation of the radio sky #ozska3

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Just in:

    Tabby's Star is dipping! Asks everyone able to observe and take spectra.

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=eYpIGZS8nJc

    This was a live chat about Tabby's star and is now finished.

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    As far as I've learned from the live talk many telescopes are responding to the request, exciting what results will come from this development.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This from Twitter

    @astrotweeps 20h
    Did you know that @galaxyzoo launched 10 years ago this July. We have a bunch of celebrations planned. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Nice pareidolia find by Jean Marc Gantier at Backyard Worlds. He sees Georges Meliรจs looking to the left, but to me there is also a second face bottom right section.

    http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/AladinLite/?target=00 09 52.934 -35 29 2.09&fov=0.05&survey=P%2FDSS2%2Fred

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Funny face! I wonder what the transient is,

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Yes it is, very good find ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

    Probably artifact, the more I look through DSS2 the more big artifacts I see. Hairs, dust specks etc., this one is DSS red only.

    But if someone tells more I'll update here.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Another conference going on some where in the world on galaxies that keeps popping up on my twitter

    @El_Lobo_Rayado 1m
    Showman Ned Taylor @Swinburne resumes #SCosmos talking about Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey conducted at the @AAOastro AAT pic.twitter.com/HTn3bwD0kO
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    More on the above twitter feed

    https://twitter.com/AAOastro

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Still going on Down Under

    @El_Lobo_Rayado 3m
    Vivienne Wild starts #SCosmos taking about galaxy formation & evolution using 3D spectroscopy data (IFU) Surveys. Plenty of information pic.twitter.com/TdwVfeZYCD

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @El_Lobo_Rayado 9m
    Jesse van de Sande uses h3 ~skewness & h4 ~kurtosis (kinematic components) to better understand galaxy assembly using @SAMI_survey #SCosmos pic.twitter.com/RNMdCMHcTaenter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @El_Lobo_Rayado 1m
    Now it's Sarah Sweet @Swinburne turn at #SCosmos talking about millions of specific angular momenta of galaxies, some from @SAMI_survey pic.twitter.com/Ta6TFziDha
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Another image
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A 3rd image
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    4th
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @SAMI_survey
    SAMI is the new multi-object integral field spectrograph at Siding Spring Observatory. We are mapping the internal dynamics of thousands of galaxies!

    Posted

  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    More
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @El_Lobo_Rayado 2 minutes ago

    Next #SCosmos speaker is Enrica Bellocchi talking about 2D kinematic studies of local ultra luminous infrared galaxies (ULIGRs)
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    One More
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Worth a read to you Hungry Minded people out there

    http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...835..104V

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The Paper on the Above Survey

    https://arxiv.org/pdf/1611.07039.pdf

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Another conference is going on in China https://twitter.com/hashtag/GLEX2017?src=hash

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @NASAHubble 7h
    #Hubble has hit the cosmic jackpot on gravitational lenses, capturing the universe's BRIGHTEST galaxies ๏”Ž
    READ: http://go.nasa.gov/2s1wkZW pic.twitter.com/hrRnXFAHzV
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    More from Australia

    @El_Lobo_Rayado 1h1 hour ago
    More
    Now Julia Bryant @Sydney_Science @AAOastro discusses why we need an instrument such HECTOR at the AAT to dissect ~100k galaxies #SCosmos
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @El_Lobo_Rayado 1 hour ago

    Alessia Moretti now presents a IFS study of peculiar galaxies in clusters #SCosmos

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    @DoctorJeph 2 hours ago

    #scosmos @El_Lobo_Rayado responding to the idea that metallicity is a dark art. He finds your lack of faith disturbing.

    I find your Lack of Faith Disturbing

    :ulia Bryant presents HECTOR instrument design & status at the @AAOastro AAT in #SCosmos cc @sgleonsaval @JossBlandHawtho @Sydney_Scienceenter image description here

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    More
    @El_Lobo_Rayado 1h
    J Bryant @Sydney_Science @AAOastro emphasises importance of connecting IFS Surveys (HECTOR) with HI interferometric maps (WALLABY) #SCosmos
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @sjs917 2 hours ago

    IFU surveys can make the prettiest graphics, like this from @El_Lobo_Rayado #SCosmos
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @El_Lobo_Rayado 15 minutes ago

    Luca Cortese @ICRAR gives invited talk at #SCosmos about synergy between HI and IFS Surveys
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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A BIT MORE

    Richard McDermid @MQPhysAstro @AAOastro discusses the Fornax-3D survey with @ESO MUSE #SCosmos

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    That is the end of that as cant be asked any more

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    For Brits: The Vatican's telescope. This month's episode of The Sky at Night is on BBC4 Sunday June 11 at 10:00pm. It has a different title, so my recorder won't recognize the title and won't record it automatically.

    , the Specola Vaticana, perched on a hilltop 30km outside Rome.

    There they explore its rich history and contemporary cutting-edge
    science, going inside the Vatican walls to visit the Tower of the
    Winds, a secret antique sundial that revolutionised the length of the
    year; the remains of a nest of telescopes atop an old medieval church
    where the science of spectroscopy was born; and the modern labs,
    manned by priest scientists who study a range of contemporary
    astronomical problems, from meteorites to binary stars to the birth of
    the universe itself.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08v8ckz

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    So jealous ! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    So, how was it ?

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    It was well presented . The buildings were pretty. Some of the priests were quite humorous.

    Topics were

    1582 Calculation of the length of the year and correction to the Julian calendar to make the Gregorian calendear

    1633 - Galileo's trial and how it is misunderstood ( I don't have much sympathy for Galileo. His maths did not accurately predict the movement of the planets, but he ignored that little problem, and presented it as correct. Too bad that he ignored Kepler )

    1853 - spectroscopy - Secchi . present: Lambda Boo stars

    Castel Gandalfo

    1890s history of production of Carte du Ciel which currently is being reexamined for changes in the sky

    Belgian (cough) priest Georges Lemaรฎtre, who proposed an expanding Universe before Hubble and calculated a Hubble constant before Hubble did.

    Creation: Theoretic calculations of Planck Era ( the first billionth, billionth, ...second) and Quantum Gravity

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Love your round-up of the episode ! I especially liked the 'cough' ! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    @YjanGordon 45m
    The plenary I was most looking forward to - Kevin Schawinski on the galaxy/black hole connection #EWASS2017 pic.twitter.com/8zENr9O3Xg

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Twitter is alive with #NAM2017

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Galaxy Zoo 10

    Live webcast it will be Archived!

    Zooniverse Live stream

    https://livestream.com/oxuni/zooniverse

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Galaxy zoo 10

    10th Anniversary Event

    Part 1

    https://livestream.com/oxuni/zooniverse/videos/159615487

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Galaxy Zoo 10

    Part 2

    https://livestream.com/oxuni/zooniverse/videos/159616744

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    M..y.. I..n..t..e..r..n..e..t.. I..s.. r..e..a..l..l..y.. s..l..o..w..

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Is it any better now ?

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    ok, then I'll type really slow for you! Hope this helps ๐Ÿ˜„

    Let's make this thread about complaints! great idea!


    So I am unable to get (my only) one question answered over at Radio Galazy Zoo. One I've put quite the time in because I think it maybe something special, but would like to know from an expert. Guess I'm not 'tuned in' to the right station.

    I've posted it at the Backyard Worlds Google groups. Then at The Milky Way Project. And then at Radio Galaxy Zoo. And now I'm thinking of posting it here as a last resort. Not because of I don't think people here might be able to judge the question, but more because it is Infrared / radio related.

    Sigh.

    Well thanks for reading this I feel alot better now!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This came up on Twitter.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3FQxpV3L1Q

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Happy Eclipse Day to Americans. Wishing you clear skies. Here is the simplest explanation you will see.

    enter image description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    KEVIN Has Won another Prize @kevinschawinski 7m
    In @NatureAstronomy, v kind writeup! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-017-0235-9 โ€ฆ pic.twitter.com/ARoiDndx90

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Anyone else saw the great fireball too last night? Looking at the videos of the duration is only 2-3 secs so my mind can't wrap around how infinitesemal the chance is of witnessing such an event. At first I thought it was nearby fireworks or something similar, turns out it's a common illusion with these soundless fireballs ๐Ÿ˜„

    https://www.imo.net/bright-fireball-over-the-netherlands/

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I saw the fireball display in the early morning of Tuesday 17 November 1998, the one that arrived 18 hrs early. I am an early riser, and I was making a cup of tea at 4am, and I wondered why idiots were letting off fireworks at that time.

    Visible on in Europe and Africa.

    https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast08nov_1

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to Budgieye's comment.

    Hehe I can imagine ๐Ÿ˜ƒ Was there sound with those?

    Oh wow that image in the link! Fireball storm instead of one falling star.

    (4am... that's not 'early riser' that's 'vampiric riser' o_O )

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    There were no sounds. Neither sonic booms, nor the electrostatic buzz in the ears. There was a bright fireball every 2 or 3 seconds. Amazing, second only to the total eclipse of the Sun.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Budgieye's comment.

    That just sounds/looks (๐Ÿ˜‰ ) amazing ! Just wish I could experience something like that !

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  • marcely by marcely

    hola

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  • PedroDias by PedroDias

    hello

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Hello, marcely and PedroDias. Welcome to Galaxy Zoo Talk.

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  • klmasters by klmasters scientist, admin

    Just saying hello from Portsmouth.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to klmasters's comment.

    Sorry, missed this !

    Hi Karen ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    if you do this your name will go Mars mine is on new Horizons and on Mars already
    https://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/insight/

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Thanks for the tip! My name is on the way to Mars... Doubt I'll get there myself.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Mine is on it"s way out of the Solar System New horizons and in Orbit and on Mars Curiosity and Spirit and Opatunity was around Saturn but now inside Saturn

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    ZOO KEEPERS Birth Day Today 26 November!

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Have a happy, Zookeeper!

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    New EELR paper! Gotta run&read bye!

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Here it is: https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.09936

    Cross-ionization of gas in AGN companion galaxies as a probe of AGN radiation in time and angle Keel+ 2017


    So all in all it seems very cautious in stating there is cross-ionization? I'm guessing the first 10 entries in Table 2 'Candidate cross-ionization systems' are actually confirmed cases of AGN cross-ionization if I read it correctly.

    • SDSS J002944.89+001011.1
    • SDSS J005754.03+012013.8
    • SDSS J083902.96+470756.3
    • SDSS J084810.11+351534.3
    • SDSS J104232.05+050241.9
    • SDSS J110019.10+100250.7
    • SDSS J120149.74-015327.5
    • SDSS J121418.25+293146.7
    • SDSS J134143.75+554025.5
    • SDSS J135429.05+132757.2

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

    Galaxy Zoo co-authors: Graham Mitchell and Claude Cornen.

    Other acknowledgements;

    This work would not have been possible without the con- tributions of
    citizen scientists as part of the Galaxy Zoo project. Among the Galaxy
    Zoo volunteers, particularly extensive contributions were made by
    users zutopian and Blue Crew. Other contributors to the sample
    compilation were Alice, Blackprojects, Budgieye, ElisabethB, Hanny van
    Arkel, Jean Tate, Kiske, LankyYankee, Lightbulb50, LynnSeguin,
    Ranny44, egalaxy, elizabeth, fatha731, graham d, joinpep,
    planetaryscience, and stellar190.

    Congrats all!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    FAME at last although am sure am in a few other Papers

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Ghost_Sheep_SWR's comment.

    Thanks ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    Alice, Blackprojects, Budgieye, ElisabethB, Hanny van Arkel, Jean Tate, Kiske, LankyYankee, Lightbulb50, LynnSeguin, Ranny44, egalaxy, elizabeth, fatha731, graham d, joinpep, planetaryscience says thanks for the head-up

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    elizabeth, fatha731, graham d, joinpep, planetaryscience says thanks for the head-up

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Great, thanks for informing them!

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  • JeanTate by JeanTate in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    Galaxy Zoo - original and subsequent - has resulted in LOTS of papers. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ And a handful of volunteers are co-authors on several of these (i.e not just mentioned in the Acknowledgements section). Across all astronomy (and planetary science) Zooinverse projects, there were over a dozen last time I looked, with a few as co-authors of papers from more than one project (Els is one such, IIRC).

    Much rarer are papers - based on an astronomy Zooniverse project (I have no idea about other projects) - with a volunteer (i.e. not a formal member of the project's Science Team) as lead author ... if memory serves me correctly, there's at least one Planet Hunters one. Maybe some reader can point to others?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Green Peas are my fave as they sent the ZooKeeper and email telling him what they had found!

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    Amazing how we can now compare lots of different sources for an object. SDSS up to DR14, GAMA, DECaLS, WISE plus huge databases with informative interfaces waiting to be worked. A lot different from when I started astronomy with the Observers Book of Astronomy by Patrick Moore.

    Observer's Book of Astronomy, 1971, ISBN 0-7232-1524-3

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Next Month there is No Sky at Night and No Stargazing Live

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    https://talk.galaxyzoo.org/?_ga=1.244656832.476670387.1443719759#/boards/BGZ0000007/discussions/DGZ0001u7i

    Canโ€™t find the thread on Zooniverse Talk.

    At least the collection issue seems to be โ€˜solvedโ€™ with the new GZ with private/ public collection settings.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This came from Twitter is a shrunken twitter thread

    @kevinschawinski

    Are AGN really this complex, bewildering zoo? Or could they, deep down, be quite simple? Read this letter by @liafsartori https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.05717

    @kevinschawinski

    Anyway, read the paper, and tell us what you think! https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.05717

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Extended [O III] ฮป5007 Emission in Nearby QSO2s: New Constraints On AGN / Host Galaxy Interaction

    https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.06184

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  • paulrogers by paulrogers

    For those of you who remember the games we used to play for a little down-time relaxation in the GZ2/GZH days, a few of us are keeping them alive over at Nemesis Rising.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    A New version of Galaxyzoo is Coming.
    This was Posted on twitter by the Zookeeper!
    https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.08713.pdf

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I tried the New version it seems a bit bland colour wise

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell

    Has 'Galaxy Zoo examine' been terminated? The page becomes blank except for 'Not found'. Example:

    AGZ000am9n

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist

    Hmm, I think that since galaxyzoo.org now forwards to the new project, the links to Examine are all broken.

    For the moment, you can still access pages by substituting zoo4.galaxyzoo.org for www.galaxyzoo.org. So for the object above, if you manually copy the link to Examine and change it from http://www.galaxyzoo.org/#/examine/AGZ000am9n to http://zoo4.galaxyzoo.org/#/examine/AGZ000am9n, it does load.

    I can't promise that will work forever, though -- at some point this site will be converted into a static website and then I suspect Examine might break completely.

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  • Ghost_Sheep_SWR by Ghost_Sheep_SWR

    Oh thanks for the trick, โ€˜Examineโ€™ really was one of the most useful functions here to quickly get to a subject page. Especially without a direct link or no comments on a subject.

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  • Rick_Nowell by Rick_Nowell in response to vrooje's comment.

    OK thanks for the info. Examine saved some time but there are other ways and means. I guess this site will become read-only like the Forum - there's some great astronomy on this site that should be secured. Personally I like GZ Panoptes and it seems to work well enough. Some good astronomy happening there for sure.

    If this site does become read-only, can a few days notice be given beforehand? A note on GZ Panoptes might be handy ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    THIS I could tolerate after the old Forums got locked i hope the new one is not as Bland as this one is

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  • vrooje by vrooje admin, scientist in response to Rick_Nowell's comment.

    Yes, the idea is to preserve all of the info that's here (so, so much really great stuff) in a way that relieves the pressure of having to maintain the aging codebase. I don't know what the timeline for that looks like at the moment but I'll try to keep people updated over on the new Talk.

    In the meantime, Mike Walmsley (GZ PhD student at Oxford) has been doing a great job of keeping the subject metadata filled with info in the new subject sets, so the "i" info/metadata button there should contain lots of information and links to e.g. SDSS SkyServer pages and so on. That won't help with the version of Examine that's on this site, but it should do the trick moving forward! ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    The OLD Forums have gone AWOL cant get into it any More.
    http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/
    Connection Problems
    Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later.

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  • Budgieye by Budgieye moderator

    I was wondering why I couldn't get into the forum
    http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    And it appears the Forum is back ! ๐Ÿ˜„

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This came up on Twitter

    @chrislintott

    Supernova hunting with @SkyMapper now live at http://supernovasighting.org . Come catch an exploding star! #StargazingABC

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    So the Last post in here was Mine and that was 2 Months ago is this going the way of the DO-DO"s?

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This came up on Twitter from Kevin

    @kevinschawinski

    Have you ever looked at a galaxy in SDSS and wondered what other galaxies in the whole survey are most similar to it? @Dennis_Turp made an ML tool to find them! Try it out, and give feedback! โ€ฆ http://ec2-18-188-98-32.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/ enter link description here

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    This part of an Email made me sit up and say What "The counts are in โ€“ over the last fortnight you, our Galaxy Zoo volunteers, have contributed an incredible 50,253 classifications! Thank you for joining in and helping us! " Compared to the old days of the First Zoo that is hardly a drop in a Bucket.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    i THINK I am talking to my self as this is as DEAD AS A DO-DO.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I have my Saturday ASTRO FEST Pass So will be there all day Saturday can go and sit in the great Hall and Listen to what ever the Lectures will be about.

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    I think this place needs moth balling as it is about as Active as a Grave Yard!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Astrofest is almost upon us i am going on the Saturday

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