karen masters: astronomy outreach with galaxy zoo and the zooniverse
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Astronomy Outreach with
Karen Masters
ICG Portsmouth, UK
Galaxy Zoo
Scientific Impact of Galaxy Zoo
Galaxy Zoo papers (including submitted) since 2007: 61
Number of non-GZ papers mentioning “Galaxy Zoo” since 2007: 603
Citations to 1st Galaxy Zoo project paper (Lintott+08): 277
Total citations to all Galaxy Zoo papers: >2,000
Getting others to use your data & your science: priceless
www.zooniverse.org/publications
Karen Masters: Galaxy Zoo, 4th August 2015 @KarenLMasters
8 years of Galaxy Zoo
July 2007: Galaxy Zoo 1: 1 million SDSS galaxies
Feb 2009: Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphology, 0.25 million SDSS
Galaxy Zoo Bar Lengths: Bar
lengths, widths for 3000 GZ2 bars
Apr 2010: Galaxy Zoo Hubble: Public optical HST surveys COSMOS, GOODS etc.
Aug 2012: Galaxy Zoo 4: new software, HST CANDELS and SDSS DR8
Galaxy Zoo Quench: Small project,
more engagement
Oct 2013: UKIDSS: 70,000 UKIDSS images of SDSS galaxies (+FERENGI redshifted images, SDSS DR8,
CANDELS)
Jan 2014: Radio: Cross-matching IR and radio images of galaxies
Now: more CANDELS/HST images, SDSS single filter
Soon: Illustrius, DECaLS (DES we hope) …… and more
Karen Masters: Galaxy Zoo, 4th August 2015 @KarenLMasters
8 years of Galaxy Zoo
July 2007: Galaxy Zoo 1: 1 million SDSS galaxies
Feb 2009: Galaxy Zoo 2: detailed morphology, 0.25 million SDSS
Galaxy Zoo Bar Lengths: Bar
lengths, widths for 3000 GZ2 bars
Apr 2010: Galaxy Zoo Hubble: Public optical HST surveys COSMOS, GOODS etc.
Aug 2012: Galaxy Zoo 4: new software, HST CANDELS and SDSS DR8
Galaxy Zoo Quench: Small project,
more engagement
Oct 2013: UKIDSS: 70,000 UKIDSS images of SDSS galaxies (+FERENGI redshifted images, SDSS DR8,
CANDELS)
Jan 2014: Radio: Cross-matching IR and radio images of galaxies
Now: more CANDELS/HST images, SDSS single filter
Soon: Illustrius, DECaLS (DES we hope) …… and more
2010: launch of Zooniverse
• www.zooniverse.org
• 1.3 million users
• more than 30 projects
• from ancient papyrus, to WW1 diaries,
whale song and penguin watching
~30 active projects
1.4 million volunteers
Karen Masters: Galaxy Zoo, 4th August 2015 @KarenLMasters
The Zooites (A Human Computer)
(Raddick et al. 2009 astroph/0909.2925)
In 2015:
~15,000 classifications per week
Galaxy Zoo for Educators
Galaxy Zoo for Educators
Galaxy Zoo Navigator
Galaxy Zoo Navigator
Galaxy Zoo Navigator
Zooteach
Zooniverse.org
Zooniverse Project Builder
Zooniverse Project Builder
Zooniverse.org
Galaxy Zoo for Outreach
Building Your Own Project
Making it real….
“Hands on, minds on science”
“Thrill of possible discovery””
“Teaches that not everything has been
discovered”
education.zooniverse.org
Victoria Talkington, Middle
School Teacher
www.sdss.org
www.galaxyzoo.org
@galaxyzoo
www.zooniverse.org
@the_zooniverse
www.zooteach.org
@zooteach
@KarenLMasters