Telescope Reviews: Galaxy Zoo, Something to do when the clouds come..

I was checking out a website I visit daily, www.physorg.com, and came across a
story about galaxies. In the story they mentioned a program called Galaxy Zoo.
I checked out the website and read what it is all about. It is a program
similar to Einstein@Home and other such programs, but this one uses people
instead of computing power. What they ask is that you view the list of over
250,000 galaxies and classify them according to features you notice and which
set them apart from others i.e. Ellipsoidal, sprial, or dwarf galaxies, as well
as color and other features. This program isn't just all fun and games, it
helps to critically classify all known galaxies as this will aid in scientific
discovery such as the evolution of older, Big Bang remnant, galaxies & stars.
So while we can't look through our scopes we might as well be productive. This
will help us all brush up on DSO's and help the scientific community
tremendously. Here are the links for the program and the story which was
affected by the program. I hope you all enjoy. Clear skies everyone!

Joe

http://www.galaxyzoo.org/

http://www.physorg.com/news167921680.html

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Orion 80ED
Sirius EQ, run via EQMOD
Canon XT Rebel unmodded (350D)
Baader Hyperion 8mm-24mm Zoom
9.7mm, 26mm Plossl
Various Filters
Thinking of what to buy next....