astronomy: Galaxy Zoo Merger Checking

Richard Proctor (

waveney) wrote in

astronomy,
@ 2008-05-03 07:55:00

Galaxy Zoo Merger Checking
Galaxy Zoo has started a new project, checking images for potential mergers. This is a quick project following on from the large scale analysis and bias testing of the original zoo, and before the new detailed analysis of Galaxy Zoo 2 which will follow eventually.

I have produced a new website to handle this activity, it's not as pretty as the original zoo, but it was produced very quickly to meet the needs of this project.

Merger Checking Website

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	ebneter 2008-05-03 07:16 am UTC (link)
	Hmmm. Interesting definition of "merger". I assume that you're looking for mergers in process rather than completed ones? [I need an astronomy icon, hrm...] (Reply to this)

	waveney 2008-05-04 06:00 am UTC (link)
	It is simply an exercise to analyse images that may or not be merging and separate them into Merging/Not Merging - If there is any evidence that the merger is still in progress then it should be called a merger. A couple of cases have been identified of galaxy pairs that are interacting and yet are not merging - these have proved particularly interesting to the researchers. (Reply to this)