The Milky Way Project Talk

Hi everyone

  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Am i really the first one to post in here ! 😉

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Hi Els! Just noticed there are no smilies, it feels wrong 😛

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    😃 😉 😄 ;D 😠 😦 😮 8) ??? :😃 😛 :-[ :-X :-\ 😗 😢

    and where is the preview ?

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    I think it's that green tick...

    Yep, it is!

    Darn, there's no fonts and sizes to choose from 😛

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  • ttfnrob by ttfnrob admin, scientist

    That is quite an array of smilies!

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  • Fezman92 by Fezman92

    Hi all. How do I add to my collection?

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  • Kevin by Kevin

    Hi everyone! Welcome to the Milky Way Project!

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  • mtparrish by mtparrish

    Good morning!

    Nothing quite like a fresh cup of coffee and a zoo launch to wake you up! 😃

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  • mtparrish by mtparrish in response to Fezman92's comment.

    Hi all. How do I add to my collection?
    I just wrote up a quick how-to on Collections: DMW10009h1

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  • Fezman92 by Fezman92

    I think I got it thanks.

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  • jules by jules moderator

    Hello all! Well this looks a bit familiar! 😉
    Off to do the tutorial now......
    (Milk, no sugar for me - thanks! 😉 )

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  • Fezman92 by Fezman92

    So how many people have signed up for this new project?

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  • mtparrish by mtparrish

    Well this looks a bit familiar! 😉
    😃

    So how many people have signed up for this new project?
    I'll have to get back to you on that. Also, I know the news letter is still being sent, so it'll get lots busier.

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    I've found my way here as well - just about to brew some Earl Grey 😃

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  • drakenmaster by drakenmaster

    Was thinking about going to bed about an hour ago... Then I found I had mail 😄...

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  • Fezman92 by Fezman92

    I'm so used to the other Zoo sites, that this forum is strange to me. I'm used to topics and hundreds of posts before mine. lol

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  • jules by jules moderator

    Anyone else seeing bubbles everywhere.......?

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  • stellar190 by stellar190 in response to jules's comment.

    Plenty 😄

    And I think this project is my new obsession...

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    Hi Every one

    I Logged in erlier and could not get off the Images Page where i ended up after Logging in.

    Tried hitting the return Button nothing Happend Had to come into this area then hit return to get into the main Part .

    Tried Tutorial but it was real Slow I think due to All the ZOOITES being online at the same time trying tu use the Tutorial so I will wait a few day"s and try again!

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  • Blackprojects by Blackprojects

    After logging in I ended up on this page at 1st!

    http://talk.milkywayproject.org/discussions/DMW10009gy?page=2

    The 1st time around 2nd time i went

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  • mtparrish by mtparrish in response to Blackprojects's comment.

    DMW10009gy?page=2">http://talk.milkywayproject.org/discussions/DMW10009gy?page=2
    Whoops. Apparently, there's a problem with the link markup and the ID linking. Thanks for the accidental bug report. 😃

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  • garrett_cw by garrett_cw

    Hi everyone. I got the email.
    Yes I'm seeing bubles everywhere. 😃

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  • echo-lily-mai by echo-lily-mai

    Hello all 😉 I will play properly tomorrow. Looking good so far.

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  • Lovethetropics by Lovethetropics in response to jules's comment.

    Hi Jules! Seeing bubbles is the norm now LOL!!!

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  • Quantum_Mechanic by Quantum_Mechanic

    **well I guess extra bbcode and html isn't working......html5?

    Well maybe I will check the bubbles out later tonight.**

    hmmm.....pictures?

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  • mtparrish by mtparrish in response to Quantum_Mechanic's comment.

    well I guess extra bbcode and html isn't working......html5?

    We're using a limited set of Markdown in the comments.

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  • ConnieM87 by ConnieM87

    Greetings from the USA! I just got the message about Milky Way Project and I am excited about it! 😄

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  • Alice by Alice

    Hello everyone! Oh rats, why did this have to happen when I'm feeling tired and brain-dead? Can't wait to start making bubbles with the rest of you nebulous creatures 😃

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  • Zeroghost by Zeroghost

    I am so impressed with this project, its scope and functional simplicity. I'm an astronomical illustrator, so I have been looking at nebula and galactic zoo for 40 years and before that. I will have to spend some time here helping out. It inspires my creative wonder. Sorry I missed everyone, but I am a night person on the Pacific coast, who only feels good after astronomical twilight. :^)

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  • AlexandredOr by AlexandredOr

    Hi Milky Way travelers !
    Glad to be here 😄

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Good morning 😄

    Coffee anyone?

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  • jules by jules moderator

    And biscuits? 😃

    There must be a way to resize these images......

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Oooh lovely, I'm hungry now 😄

    I dreamt of classifying bubbles last night. The Zookeepers are obviously taking over our minds as well as the world 😛

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  • ttfnrob by ttfnrob admin, scientist

    That's the idea 😃

    Nice biscuits.

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  • echo-lily-mai by echo-lily-mai

    Crikey! Massive biscuits!

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  • stargatetom by stargatetom

    Forgot to say hello last nite when I signed up for this project. So Hello! This project is so simple and beautiful. Mmmm.... biscuits. =)

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  • badsha99 by badsha99

    hi

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Good evening 😃

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  • tsering by tsering

    Good evening all! I didn't get the message about this, so I've only just arrived (pant, pant.....) Pretty bubbles 😃

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    Was there a message about this? Hi Everyone. I do hope I am not talking to myself again.................

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  • goggog by goggog

    Greetings to all from Russia!!!

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  • playtankgirl by playtankgirl

    Hello everyone! I've been a big fan of Moon Zoo for a while now. Very happy to see this launched. It's so much prettier to look at... And yes, mtparrish, nothing quite like coffee and a bubble search.

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Morning Bubblers 😃 Anyone around?

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Just testing - this should be bold

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  • jules by jules moderator

    Bubblers? Like it! I'm back for another session.

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Good morning 😃

    Bubblers? I like!

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon

    Good morning bubblers, almost the weekend 😃

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  • Caro by Caro

    Hello everyone.
    Does anybody know what I am doing?

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  • elizabeth_s by elizabeth_s

    What e-mail??

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Good evening 😃

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  • GeoffRoynon by GeoffRoynon in response to stellar190's comment.

    Evening Stellar! Does anyone know what Caro is up to?

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  • navalhistory by navalhistory

    Not the Caro of OldWeather?

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  • Caro by Caro

    I'm afraid so Gordon.
    24ish hours later and I still don't know what I'm doing. 😄

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  • dorman by dorman

    I AM SOOO PSYCHED FOR THIS PROJECT AND I HOPE I AN HELP DISCOVER NEW THINGS IN THE COSMOS!!!! LETS MAKE A DIFFERENCE GUYS! 😄

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  • navalhistory by navalhistory

    Caro,

    Are you a Starship Captain this time? (In joke - Caro is working on the Royal Navy logs in the Old Weather project). Any idea how many images there are in this collection - 1 degree wide along a portion of the Galaxy's equator as I understand it? And will there be any obvious outputs to see how people are doing? Have to say how amazing it is that in most cases, we are identifying images no one on Earth has ever seen before!!

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Good afternoon 😃

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  • Caro by Caro in response to navalhistory's comment.

    These are amazing pictures! I've been meaning to get over here for a while but a ship's captain has many duties; holding on to the captaincy being one of the hardest. 😃

    Hi there stellar. I bet you are loving this!

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Oh I am! 😄 With awesome science and beautiful images to boot how could I not 8)

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  • ConnieM87 by ConnieM87 in response to jules's comment.

    OKAY... That's not fair! (I'm diabetic) :-[

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  • Alice by Alice

    Good evening bubblers! Let's call ourselves that ;D

    Red banana anyone? I expect there's plenty of green custard to go with it 😄

    http://s3.amazonaws.com/mwp-development/south/0.3x0.15_jpgs/GLM_33400-0023_mosaic_I24M1.jpg

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  • Dave by Dave

    Hi Everyone
    Just had a look at the tutorial.
    During it I got asked "So, what are you going to be doing there, then?"
    "Drawing bubbles." I said.

    The look I got was priceless.

    I'm now thinking I'm getting crayons & wooden blocks for Xmas.

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  • stellar190 by stellar190

    Good evening!

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  • katieofoz by katieofoz

    Anyone see the new planet hunters link on the main zooniverse page? Cant get to it at the moment but might be exciting!

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  • katieofoz by katieofoz

    Take that back, just got there

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  • PattyD by PattyD

    Belated Hello All! I am intoxicated with the bubbles! (and rather exclamatory). This is a beautiful piece of work and the wonders to behold are marvelous.

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  • marjieN by marjieN

    Hi. Just dropped in from Galaxy Zoo along with the rest of ya:D - Stunning images here 😃

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  • norfolkharryuk by norfolkharryuk

    Hi All,

    Loving the imagery on this project - it's a fabulous dataset to look at and has given me the chance to spot Nebulae, Star Clusters and Galaxies in deep field images - I'm really enjoying it, and if I happen to provide some useful data for the real scientists while I'm at it - well then everyone is a winner hey?! 😉

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  • dbhume by dbhume

    why can't a computer do this better?

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  • norfolkharryuk by norfolkharryuk

    I don't think a computer can be as perceptive as you or I when we look at these images, we may see a variety of different bubble structures, I've seen red and green bubbles - and "inverse" bubbles (where the structure looks like a red or green ball rather than a hole, and at all scales from a fractional arc on an edge of the image to a tiny spot deep in a field of gas, all of these subtleties would be very very difficult to program a computer to detect. But ultimately it's our judgement that gives insight in to these pictures - the computer will give one "answer" - we can give thousands!

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  • Master_Astronomist98 by Master_Astronomist98

    hello everyone

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  • Air_Gear_fan_boy by Air_Gear_fan_boy in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    this is awsome

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  • danodog13 by danodog13

    Howdy People...Bubbler in Texas that just likes lookin at them thar Stars...
    Excellant site ZooDudes...Congrats to ya.

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  • coddington-laura by coddington-laura

    i just like looking at the pictures an their beautiful colors

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  • Feliciana_Harwood by Feliciana_Harwood

    hey everyone im not feliciana harwood my name is pickle =)

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  • mindy.rubyyahoo.com by mindy.rubyyahoo.com

    heyy yall whats up ❤️

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  • mindy.rubyyahoo.com by mindy.rubyyahoo.com

    Hello !

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  • tinyturtle by tinyturtle

    hey

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  • tinyturtle by tinyturtle

    anyone know about the fbi

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  • Saramx by Saramx

    HI

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  • Helice by Helice

    Hi everyone,

    This is awesome! A show of "hands" in favor of better MWP tutorials?

    I vote Aye.

    Peace,
    Helice

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  • Gaumondd by Gaumondd

    I'd like to read about what the colors are. Are they filters identifying certain gases? Are the bright red balls stars between the earth and the image? I can pick out dark nebula. Are the brightest spots, the densest areas so stars may be protostars? They are dust blocking stars behind, right? What are you searching for? Are there identifying features for quasars? I need to know more!!

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  • turfflower by turfflower

    Hi everyone,
    Yesterday while marking bubbles something novel was seen, a fuzzy red object looked very bi-polar, and thought to discuss it with someone who would tell me how to flag it for the pro's in case they wanted a look. After hitting the discuss button the entire picture disappeared to wherever they go without me even finishing labeling tasks on the picture.
    Any help on avoiding this?

                                                                                                                                        turfflower

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  • Nobias by Nobias

    I never have found a way to do that. Just make sure you mark everything BEFORE clicking submit or any buttons that take you away from the picture (You can't go back) - and you can't save an image with your markings either (unless you use screen capture on your computer). It would really be nice if you could. Hint-hint.

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  • lunastarshine by lunastarshine

    array of smiles? lol

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  • lunastarshine by lunastarshine

    I love moon zoo! its AWESOMEE :DDDDD

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  • Ken_Koester by Ken_Koester

    Couple of questions:

    1. Is the resolution of these images such that we ought to be able to detect HH objects?
    2. Bok globules are pretty cold; do they still show as black in these images?

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  • emmay by emmay

    woah. D:

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  • emmay by emmay

    woah. D:

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  • broomrider1970 by broomrider1970

    Unfortunately it appears they do not seem to be reading in this folder Ken. 😦 Nor the one where I asked about giving us a zoom option maybe, pretty please with whipped cream and a cherry. LoL

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  • Ken_Koester by Ken_Koester

    Yah, I guessed that anything in here would get buried. S'why I started a separate thread.

    Snarkhunter

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  • williamaskew by williamaskew in response to Feliciana Harwood's comment.

    [Feliciana Harwood](#/users/Feliciana Harwood "Feliciana Harwood")
    hey everyone im not feliciana harwood my name is pickle =)

    hi pickle, my mom used to call me that. are you enjoying bubble hunting?

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  • hybridkat by hybridkat

    "Look from the stars and learn from them." Albert Einstein
    (((hybrid hello)))

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  • artemisscribe by artemisscribe

    hi, i just signed up today, this is amazing i never thought i could do anything spacey that acctually mattered to somebody

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  • Ken_Koester by Ken_Koester

    Yup, the Zooniverse is great for that!

    Snarkhunter

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  • Airthumbs by Airthumbs

    Hi all, I hear the first scientific paper will be released soon for the project. Any chance of a sneak preview. 😃

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  • broomrider1970 by broomrider1970

    Oh, that would be absolutely lovely, if we could see a preview of the project paper! 😃

    ~Tina

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  • habs by habs

    Hello milkyway!! It's ilana!! how are you x

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  • Cassna by Cassna

    How do I log out or change pages without losing the current photo after I submit the one I just finished? Sorry. I'm new.

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  • Fezman92 by Fezman92

    It's been a long time since I was doing this but now I am back. I think I have to relearn some of the stuff though.

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  • dogielover by dogielover

    hiiiiii

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  • Doctormcfetus by Doctormcfetus

    Hello!!

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  • MMS_marshall by MMS_marshall

    heyhey

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  • MMS_marshall by MMS_marshall

    heyhey

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  • KIT KAT by KIT KAT

    hheeeyyyy
    guurrrlll

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  • Kapybara79 by Kapybara79

    Nobody here. Where is feedback from scientists? Is this 20. century, or what? 😄

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  • MagdaPotter by MagdaPotter

    Hi!

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  • Evil_Loki by Evil_Loki

    It would be more rewarding, and I think more productive, if we had higher resolution pictures to scrutinize.
    ~ 40 kb photos? Sorry - I'm not feelin' the nebulae with such a tiny view.
    I'll come back and give it another try soon, but I think this will bore me quickly.
    My suggestion is to give us megabytes of images, like at the Hubble gallery!

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  • defxxx by defxxx

    hello stargazers. 😉

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  • giovannithe_peoples_godfather by giovannithe_peoples_godfather

    Attention geeks: math is the language of science. our math is based on a positive and negative continuum.this is WRONG. positiveness is merely a resultant of negativeness acting upon ITSELF. I believe the universe is comprised of NOTHINGNESS and some form of negative energy being drawn into the void. Then positive aspects and mass coagulate.if you develop a new math based on these concepts you will understand everything from the big bang to black holes and the expanding universe.Good luck! p.s. Time is also a RESULTANT of mass and energy acting upon each other in the universe and progresses in infintessimally small increments as things change. Wake up Einstein you CAN'T go back in time. (you were using the WRONG MATH).

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  • giovannithe_peoples_godfather by giovannithe_peoples_godfather

    Attention geeks: math is the language of science. our math is based on a positive and negative continuum.this is WRONG. positiveness is merely a resultant of negativeness acting upon ITSELF. I believe the universe is comprised of NOTHINGNESS and some form of negative energy being drawn into the void. Then positive aspects and mass coagulate.if you develop a new math based on these concepts you will understand everything from the big bang to black holes and the expanding universe.Good luck! p.s. Time is also a RESULTANT of mass and energy acting upon each other in the universe and progresses in infintessimally small increments as things change. Wake up Einstein you CAN'T go back in time. (you were using the WRONG MATH).

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  • suelaine by suelaine

    Hi Someone back there commented that she/he would get very bored with this work. I cannot say the the same thing. I find it very exciting and when I'm outlining nebulae, and yellow balls, red and green fuzzies, I begin to see a rhythm, a pattern to the images that begins to makes sense. I can hardly wait to see what magnificent image will come up on the next panel. This is wonderful work, and I feel very privileged to be able to participate in it. Understanding comes slowly, but the "Spitzer space telescope" link and the NASA app on the iPad are very informative. I just wish that someone would answer some of my "What is that????"questions, like the one about the "red hornets nest" image that pops up some times.

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  • bretarn by bretarn in response to ElisabethB's comment.

    ElisabethB
    Am i really the first one to post in here ! 😉

    No, hi from a frenchman near montpellier

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  • alabakoff by alabakoff

    ello

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  • thwilley by thwilley

    hey guys we're thwilley ;D omg we just LOVE science so much!! it may sound like we are being mocking and sarcastic but genuinely, i cant think of another way to express how this subject makes me feel!! its even better than history!!

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  • aktivman by aktivman

    hell can someone give a hint , who i can rise the reolution of the images on my screen . most of them are very rough

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  • jimmy02895 by jimmy02895

    hi

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  • jimmy02895 by jimmy02895

    hi

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  • Fezman92 by Fezman92

    I am having issues viewing the images. They are all blurry even though I have the most updated software on my Mac.

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  • Antmarch123 by Antmarch123

    Hiya peeps! X)

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  • chairstar by chairstar

    I think the new CLOUDS/HOLES classifying is great. But shouldn't there be a seperate "talk" area for it?
    IS THERE a seperate section I am not finding?

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  • bbmlh by bbmlh

    Hello,
    Happy New Year Every One
    Iam making bubbles, sorting clouds and holes in the Milky Way while I hear NewYear Concerts on TV.

    When I take a look in "My Galaxy", it seems to me the holes and clouds i see are not those i just clasified.
    Some one from the staff can have an advice ?

    BBMLH (France)

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  • Chocstar by Chocstar

    Hi. Space cookies, I've just found my way here and am loving the piccies so far. (My old 6th form physics tutor said "Astronomy isn't all about looking at pretty pictures" 😄 ) Getting to grips with all the new 'jargon'. Thanks for letting us be a part of your project.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi chocstar,
    I think I've seen you on some other Zoo-project, somewhere ! ;-D
    Have fun here too !
    Els

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  • Padme-1 by Padme-1

    Hello!I am always over at Galaxy Zoo but tonight I am branching out.I am glad to see some of the people from Galaxy Zoo over here.I'm having fun!

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  • BlakeMcCarren by BlakeMcCarren

    Anyone else have any digestive issues after using this website?

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  • tomprice by tomprice

    Many of the images I've been receiving recently have been unclear.Any reason for this?

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  • lazer kitten by lazer kitten

    Does anyone know Doctor Who?

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  • luusmeitlisocke by luusmeitlisocke

    confused.. bubbley?!

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  • shocko61 by shocko61

    Hi everyone I am Ian shocko61, first time here I think I may have a couple of bugs . the slide bar on the side of the screen is bobbing up and down while I am classifying and I am getting a lot of same images like two one after the other , the same for nearly all of the images . When I started everything seemed ok . This is happening in clouds and holes . Ian shocko61

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  • adp by adp

    I just started this project and i am not sure if something is wrong. Each time I log in my number is reset to zero. Is there any way to track what i have done to date

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  • adp by adp

    I just started this project and i am not sure if something is wrong. Each time I log in my number is reset to zero. Is there any way to track what i have done to date

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  • DaLu by DaLu

    hi guys
    i classify 50% of my objects as clouds, about 30% as between and only 20% as holes

    do u have similar results?

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  • ci.el.o by ci.el.o

    Hi ! I know it might sound silly, but i'm new to the this one, and i still have trouble trying to figure out what are the bubbles, is it the empty round hole in a cloud, or the bright bunch of dust and stars , or the crown of dust around a hole in the dust , bright or dull, ... if there is a better tutorial than the 4 pics from the menu i haven't found it yet, .... thanks

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  • JCoop by JCoop

    Hi ci.el.o, if you are on the "classify" screen, at the top right of the image is "menu". click on that and you see a list of options. One of the options is "classify" and right next to it is the word, "Guide". Click on that. There are more images there that will help you figure things out. Good luck!

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  • Tailshedge by Tailshedge

    Hello! My name is Tails and is wonderful to be a part of this project!

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  • JCoop by JCoop

    Thank goodness the MWP is back! I was getting way too much work done!

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    LOL !

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator in response to Tailshedge's comment.

    Hi Tails and welcome to MWP. Happy hunting !😄

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  • Sghot by Sghot

    wo ke yi shuo zhong wen ma?

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  • jules by jules moderator

    We would prefer you to speak English on the forum as none of us speak Chinese! Hope that's not a problem. You can use Google translate if it helps. 😃

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  • mbengla by mbengla

    Hi guys. Just want to get involved in searching what's out there. Hope to make a positive contribution.

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  • ElisabethB by ElisabethB moderator

    Hi mbengla and welcome to MWP. Great to have you on board. 😄

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