Galaxy Zoo

For the past couple weeks, I've been identifying galaxies at Galaxyzoo.org.

Although it seems slightly intimidating at first, identifying galaxies is a fairly simple process. After a brief tutorial and test, a series of photographs featuring galaxies are presented which need to be identified as spiral, elliptical, or merger. The images, of which there are apparently over one million stored in the database, range from distant blips on the screen to beautiful arrays of lights and shapes.

I find this to be a nice diversion during the day when a break is needed. Occasionally I capture a pretty shot like the one above.