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|field_fields_of_science=Astronomy | |field_fields_of_science=Astronomy | ||
|field_project_description=Galaxy Zoo is an online astronomy project which invites people to assist in the morphological classification of large numbers of galaxies. | |||
|field_purpose_of_project=The main purpose is to understand how galaxies formed. According to the Galaxy Zoo team : {{Quotation |"Galaxies come in very different shapes and have very different properties. they may be large or small, old or young, red or blue, regular or confused, luminous or faint, dusty or gas-poor, rotating or static, round or disky, and they live either in splendid isolation or in clusters. In other words, the universe contains a very colourful and diverse zoo of galaxies. For almost a century, astronomers have been discussing how galaxies should be classified and how they relate to each other in an attempt to attack the big question of how galaxies form." }} | |field_purpose_of_project=The main purpose is to understand how galaxies formed. According to the Galaxy Zoo team : {{Quotation |"Galaxies come in very different shapes and have very different properties. they may be large or small, old or young, red or blue, regular or confused, luminous or faint, dusty or gas-poor, rotating or static, round or disky, and they live either in splendid isolation or in clusters. In other words, the universe contains a very colourful and diverse zoo of galaxies. For almost a century, astronomers have been discussing how galaxies should be classified and how they relate to each other in an attempt to attack the big question of how galaxies form." }} | ||
The classification of images in Galaxy Zoo would help scientists to understand the structure of the universe and determine whether there is anything "fundamentally wrong" with existing galaxy models. | The classification of images in Galaxy Zoo would help scientists to understand the structure of the universe and determine whether there is anything "fundamentally wrong" with existing galaxy models. |
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