Galaxy Zoo: Morphological Classification and Citizen Science
L. Fortson, Karen L. Masters, Robert C. Nichol, K. D. Borne, Edward M. Edmondson, Chris J. Lintott, Jordan Raddick, Kevin Schawinski, John F. Wallin · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2011
We provide a brief overview of the Galaxy Zoo and Zooniverse projects, including a short discussion of the history of, and motivation for, these projects as well as reviewing the science these innovative internet-based citizen science projects have produced so far. We briefly describe the method of applying en-masse human pattern recognition capabilities to complex data in data-intensive research. We also provide a discussion of the lessons learned from developing and running these community--based projects including thoughts on future applications of this methodology. This review is intended to give the reader a quick and simple introduction to the Zooniverse.