What you’ll do:
- Learn how to recognize clumps, the bright spots in galaxies where stars are being formed more quickly than elsewhere.
- View the work of the machine learning model (a kind of AI), which has placed colored boxes on top of pictures of galaxies.
- Use the project interface’s tools to move or delete the boxes or draw new ones to correct the machine.
- If you like, you can discuss what you find with other volunteers and scientists in the Talk forum.
Requirements
- Time: 10-15 minutes to complete the tutorial, then as much time as you like.
- Equipment: An internet-connected computer, tablet, or smartphone
- Knowledge: None. The in-project tutorial provides all the necessary information.
Get started!
- Visit the project website.
- Navigate to the “Correct a clump” workflow and complete the in-project tutorial to learn how to recognize clumps.
- Start correcting machine-made marks of clumps in galaxy images made by the Euclid space telescope.
Learn more:
The Galaxy Zoo: Clump Scout II project’s Research page gives an overview of the tools (space telescopes and machine learning) that power this project, the state of science of clumpy galaxies, and a summary of the unanswered questions about the formation and function of clumps (the Results page also shares information on clump formation and their galactic environments). The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page has additional, practical information relevant to doing the work of the project. The original Clump Scout project is complete, but can still be viewed here.
