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The Story of Hanny So Far
It all started when Hanny, a big fan of Queen guitarist Brian May, clicked a link on his website. Since then, the life of the clever but untrained 24 year old primary school teacher has been inextricably linked to a big blue (green?) 'astronomical object of unknown nature.'
Previously on GalaxyZoo
It all started when Hanny, a big fan of Queen guitarist Brian May, clicked a link on his website. Since then, the life of the clever but untrained 24 year old primary school teacher has been inextricably linked to a big blue (green?) 'astronomical object of unknown nature.'
Previously on GalaxyZoo
Such a cool story. These public participation astronomy projects are great, I can't think of another scientific field where amateurs play such an important role. Amateur astronomers discover all sorts of cosmological objects and mysteries. I love it.
posted by IvoShandor at 3:41 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by IvoShandor at 3:41 AM on August 19, 2010
Yay! That story made me happy, which I kind of needed this morning.
It is also full of great band/user names. If I already didn't have a name, I would be tempted by "Unidentified Bluey Stuff," "Hanny's Voorwerp," or "the size of 8,500,000,000 suns," although the last would be a pain to type.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:01 AM on August 19, 2010
It is also full of great band/user names. If I already didn't have a name, I would be tempted by "Unidentified Bluey Stuff," "Hanny's Voorwerp," or "the size of 8,500,000,000 suns," although the last would be a pain to type.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:01 AM on August 19, 2010
Also, I like the call for more general-participation science. We do too little of that.
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:02 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:02 AM on August 19, 2010
Incidentally, the author of the first link, Ann Finkbeiner, has just released a book on the survey Galaxy Zoo made use of.
posted by edd at 5:03 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by edd at 5:03 AM on August 19, 2010
How exciting! The possible explanation is really interesting.
posted by neushoorn at 5:11 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by neushoorn at 5:11 AM on August 19, 2010
It's obvious we have located the home galaxy of Kirk's enemy the Gorn.
posted by Hardcore Poser at 6:40 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by Hardcore Poser at 6:40 AM on August 19, 2010
Is this something I'd have to pronounce 'Voorwerpje' to appreciate?
Just kidding. This is a great story, but I'd really like some help for an American English speaker in pronouncing that. VOOr-virp-ya?
posted by Some1 at 8:57 AM on August 19, 2010
Just kidding. This is a great story, but I'd really like some help for an American English speaker in pronouncing that. VOOr-virp-ya?
posted by Some1 at 8:57 AM on August 19, 2010
That's nifty!
posted by ocherdraco at 8:57 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by ocherdraco at 8:57 AM on August 19, 2010
That is seriously so totally cool it begs other descriptions from inarticulate commentors such as myself.
posted by Xoebe at 11:06 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by Xoebe at 11:06 AM on August 19, 2010
This was really cool, and I think I want to start helping out with that galaxy classification project.
posted by infinitywaltz at 11:32 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by infinitywaltz at 11:32 AM on August 19, 2010
I thought these projects were great too until I was using SETI @ home, detected an alien signal, and these guys in suits came and confiscated my computer.
posted by iamck at 11:43 AM on August 19, 2010
posted by iamck at 11:43 AM on August 19, 2010
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