Galaxy Zoo Talk

Information about clumpy galaxies in the Hubble images

by Budgieye moderator

The Hubble images currently being shown in classification have some clumpy galaxies to be classified. These galaxies are extremely distant, and are still being formed our of smaller clumps.

http://letters.zooniverse.org/letters/56-blue_caterpillars_bbos_a_separate_class_of_irregulars_1_survey_description_and_morphology?_ga=1.230725849.711441289.1371287491

http://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2010/05/25/a-brief-history-of-clumpy-galaxies/?_ga=1.191887852.711441289.1371287491

The can be challenging to classify, but we can just do our best.

Pinocchio

Posted March 27, 2015 7:44 AM

Featured discussions

Galaxies in the news

21 posts / 4 participants

Last post July 8, 2017 12:01 AM by Ghost_Sheep_SWR
New images for Galaxy Zoo from GAMA-KiDS! Jan 30,2017

9 posts / 6 participants

Last post December 4, 2017 4:46 PM by TheAardvark2
Astrophysics for Galaxy Zoo Talk - simple explanations of redshift z PhotoZ spectra emissions AGN

50 posts / 1 participants

Last post April 18, 2015 5:50 AM by Budgieye
Green and Blue Dots

14 posts / 8 participants

Last post October 1, 2015 5:41 PM by ElisabethB
Explore data, do science, and share findings with Zoo Tools

3 posts / 2 participants

Last post April 21, 2015 2:58 PM by vrooje
A possible gravitational lens candidate in SDSS?

32 posts / 8 participants

Last post December 23, 2016 7:39 AM by Dolorous_Edd
Collection of Ring Candidates

21 posts / 7 participants

Last post January 31, 2013 2:53 PM by Mjtbarrett
Is it a supernova? Check transients with Aladin

8 posts / 3 participants

Last post October 12, 2017 4:34 PM by Konk
Swan Formation

6 posts / 5 participants

Last post October 22, 2015 1:41 AM by Benescu
Very Intriguing Merger

12 posts / 7 participants

Last post January 13, 2016 9:54 AM by Dolorous_Edd
Objects that need more research

186 posts / 36 participants

Last post April 1, 2019 3:43 AM by angelfrancine
Another green pea?

9 posts / 4 participants

Last post September 28, 2017 1:16 PM by klmasters
The future of Galaxy Zoo in LSST, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

7 posts / 4 participants

Last post January 13, 2017 5:16 PM by Ghost_Sheep_SWR
Index for Galaxy Zoo Talk (links and images )

84 posts / 2 participants

Last post December 4, 2017 4:45 PM by TheAardvark2
Can you help us find multiple dust lanes in a galaxy ?

87 posts / 25 participants

Last post September 4, 2017 11:15 AM by c_cld
A collection of Collections!

16 posts / 3 participants

Last post September 30, 2016 10:20 PM by rezoloot
Illustris - new images and science

45 posts / 11 participants

Last post January 14, 2016 9:32 PM by itsbellaee
The hunt for Blue Caterpillars aka BBOs (Blue Blob Objects)

26 posts / 8 participants

Last post March 23, 2017 8:32 PM by harrisrej
Recent Galaxy Zoo related submissions to arXiv (and elsewhere)

39 posts / 7 participants

Last post January 29, 2018 2:45 PM by JeanTate
Blue patch is a part of IC 0120

3 posts / 2 participants

Last post June 16, 2017 2:39 PM by CeciliaB
Collisional Ring Galaxies

55 posts / 9 participants

Last post October 12, 2017 4:44 PM by Konk
Request for help: Galaxy Zoo literature search.

18 posts / 3 participants

Last post October 28, 2017 10:16 AM by klmasters
Potential Hubble data opportunity - help us collect the strangest objects!

108 posts / 16 participants

Last post March 8, 2018 3:39 PM by JeanTate