Galaxy Zoo Talk

Clumpy option

  • lbessi by lbessi

    It would be nice to have the "clumpy" option on the SDSS photos.

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

    Hi @Ibessi,

    Certain options are only available when classifying certain surveys. The purpose of each of the surveys (as they are presented to us to classify), differs slightly, so a specific classification option for Hubble / GOODS etc. may not be valid for SDSS / UKIDSS etc. images. The Scientists do think long and hard about the classification tree for each survey, so there would be a very valid reason why it was excluded.

    I understand it might be tempting to include other options, but most volunteers are only prepared to spend x amount of time classifying a single image. If it gets too complicated, we may not get the classifications needed to complete a survey, and the regular volunteers might get bored with having the same survey to classify year after year.

    Happy hunting and thanks for all your classifications!

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