{"id":368,"date":"2013-02-02T17:06:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T17:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=368"},"modified":"2013-02-02T17:10:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T17:10:48","slug":"citizen-science-recent-activity-at-four-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=368","title":{"rendered":"Citizen science – recent activity at four projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

I often talk here about the proliferation of citizen science projects. I thought I would scan the blogs of four space related projects at Zooniverse<\/a> and see what their blogs are talking about these days.<\/p>\n

* Planet Hunters<\/a> –\u00a0 In this project, participants scan data from the Kepler\u00a0 space observatory<\/a> to look for a drop in the brightness of a star when a planet orbits in front of it as seen from our point of view.<\/p>\n

What factors impact transit shape – Planet Hunters blog<\/a> – This post discusses an effort to make simulated transits look more like the real ones.<\/p>\n

\"2012_Transit_of_Venus_from_SF\"<\/a>Transit of Venus \u2013 Image credit Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

* Galaxy Zoo<\/a> – With millions of galaxies to classify, this project takes advantage of the human powers of pattern recognition and lets participants decide into which category a galaxy should go according to its shape and features.<\/p>\n

Spiral Galaxies and the Future of Citizen Science: a Live Chat – Galaxy Zoo blog<\/a> – An online chat show brings “Some of the Galaxy Zoo Science Team” together to “talk about a recent paper on measuring spiral arm features via a computer algorithm, including how it compares to human classifications and what this means for the future of volunteer-driven citizen science.” The “also introduce — and have a bit of fun with — the jargon gong.”<\/p>\n