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ilustris help

  • elsie22 by elsie22

    what is ilustris about? how does it help with categorisation? I believe it is something to do with gas around stars? i use galaxy zoo on my phone but when I want to examine the image it takes me to the ilustris site but then I am lost. help!!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi elsie22 and welcome to the Zoo.

    This is a simulated galaxy from the Illustris dataset. This blog post has lots more information on these images : https://blog.galaxyzoo.org/2015/09/21/new-images-for-galaxy-zoo-part-2-illustris/

    Hope this helps and happy hunting ! 😄

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