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1 . F I N D D A R K N E S S
2 . L O O K U P
H O W T O B E A N A S T R O N O M E R :
D R R O B E R T S I M P S O N
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1 . F I N D D A R K N E S S
2 . L O O K U P
3 . G O O N L I N E
H O W T O B E A N A S T R O N O M E R :
D R R O B E R T S I M P S O N
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o r b i t i n g f ro g . c o m / a c e
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Kevin Schawinski
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Classifications per Hour
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Hours Since Launch
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Galaxy Zoo: help astronomers classify galaxies
400,000
volunteers
galaxyzoo.org
classifications
200m
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980k
worldwide
20
projects
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years
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papers
60
zooniverse.org/publications
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The Milky Way Project: measure and map our galaxy in infrared
40,000
volunteers
milkywayproject.org
drawings
3,000,000
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milkywayproject.org
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Planet Hunters: finding exoplanets in NASA Kepler data
250,000
volunteers
planethunters.org
transits
20,000,000
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planethunters.org
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Snapshot Serengeti: identify and describe animals in Serengeti
National Park
23,000
volunteers
snapshotserengeti.org
classifications
10,000,000
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snapshotserengeti.org
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Operation War Diary: Tagging soldiers’ diaries from WW1 for places,
names and activities. Reconstructing events from scanned documents
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volunteers
operationwardiary.org
transcriptions
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Old Weather: transcribe the logs of WW1 vessels as they travel the
globe, collecting valuable climate data
25,000
volunteers
oldweather.org
pages
1,000,000
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200 billion hours a year
Spent watching TV by US adults
100 million hours total
to create Wikipedia
Inspiration: David McCandless (Goggle Boxes, July 2010), Data: Clay Shirky (‘Cognitive Surplus’, 2010)
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Serendipity
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Cardamone)et)al.)2009,)arXiv)0907.4155
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Serendipity
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Serendipity
...in the Zooniverse
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Rise of the Machines
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Celestron SkyMaster
25x70 Binoculars
AstroMaster 130EQ
Telescope
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“Solar System” for the iPad
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zooniverse.org
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