Galaxy Zoo

PTS

Hi,
Here is a latest message from Galaxy Zoo:

Dear Zooites

Fantastic news! Thanks to your hard work over the last few months, we've reached our initial target of roughly 40 million Galaxy Zoo 2 classifications via http://www.galaxyzoo.org.  We're not quite satisfied yet, though - after looking at the data and introducing more detailed images we think we need  to reach 60 million. Each and every click helps, and each time you visit the site you're helping us understand the Universe a little better.

I'm writing this on top of Palomar mountain, home to some of the world's most famous telescopes, including the one that supplies images of possible exploding stars to our website at http://supernova.galaxyzoo.org. Over the next few days, astronomers are once again standing by in the Canary Islands to follow up on likely candidates, but first we need your help to identify the best targets.

Our last experiment back in August was a huge success, and so this time we're looking at a much larger set of data in an attempt to work out just how common each type of supernova really is. Please take a few minutes to go to the site, read the new and improved tutorial - and then start supernova hunting.

Thanks to you, the Galaxy Zoo team have been able to make a whole host of discoveries about the Universe. To keep up with how we're using your results, visit the blog at http://www.galaxyzooblog.org .

Chris & the Galaxy Zoo team.

P.S. Don't forget, you can check the total number of classifications on our Zoonometer at http://www.galaxyzoo.org/zoonometer

PTS

Hi,
Here is another message from Galaxy Zoo.
They have made available new images for us.
Enjoy.

PTS

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Dear Galaxy Zoo

There are new images of galaxies waiting for you at Galaxy Zoo, and they're more detailed than any we've given you before.
Until now, the images that we used have been the result of just two minutes' observation by the Sloan Digitial Sky Survey telescope. These new images are the result of the telescope repeatedly visiting the same targets night after night, allows us to build up deeper images that show fine detail. This will allow us to produce more accurate classifications - but only if you get clicking. Most of the images haven't been seen by anyone, so to be amongst the first to explore the survey in this detail, head over to http://www.galaxyzoo.org.

Chris & the Galaxy Zoo team