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Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21725115s&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #251.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
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The infrared Spitzer GLIMPSE Survey mapped the midplane of the Milky Way in exquisite detail (Benjamin et al., 2003; Churchwell et al. 2009). Features such as bubbles (HII regions, supernova remnants - Churchwell et al. 2006; 2007) and extended green objects (EGOs - Cyganowski et al. 2008) were extracted from these data through visual classification by a handful of researchers. The Zooniverse (Galaxy Zoo, Moon Zoo - http://www.zooniverse.org) aims to use GLIMPSE/MIPSGAL data, in conjunction with new GLIMPSE 360 data (Whitney et al. 2009), produce definitive maps of such structures through a new citizen science website.
A set of online tools have been developed that allow the public to draw the locations and sizes of such objects onto the GLIMPSE/MIPSGAL data. 'The Milky Way Project' will utilize the Zooniverse user base of over 320,000 volunteers to produce detailed catalogues of bubbles, and intermediate-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) in the GLIMPSE/MIPSGAL data. It will also aim to locate EGOs, identified by their bright 4.5 micron emission (Cyganowski et al. 2008). The science team will then perform a variety of follow-up work based on these catalogues.
Additionally we will ask users to identify interesting or unusual objects that they spot within the GLIMPSE/MIPSGAL images. These catalogues of objects, which will include star clusters (e.g. Mercer et al., 2005), stellar bowshocks (e.g. Povich et al. 2008; Kobulnicky, Gilbert and Kiminki 2010) and galaxies in the zone of avoidance (e.g. Marleau et al., 2009) can then be used to guide future research.
'The Milky Way Project' is the ninth citizen science project from the Zooniverse. As more data become available (e.g. from Herschel's HiGAL survey), the project aims to expand and look at other, more diverse features in far-infrared and submillimetre data.
Milky Way Project Team
Simpson Robert
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