The Milky Way Project

The Milky Way Project logo.

The Milky Way Project is a Zooniverse project whose main goal is to identify stellar-wind bubbles in the Milky Way Galaxy. Users classify sets of infrared images from the Spitzer Space Telescope. Scientists believe bubbles in these images are the result of young, massive stars whose light causes shocks in interstellar gas.

An example of what is called a hierarchical bubble structure, in which one giant bubble, carved into the dust of space by massive stars, has triggered the formation of smaller bubbles

Details

The Milky Way Project works with data taken from the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer Galactic Plane Survey (MIPSGAL) and Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE). The project looks for bubbles, which can mean the formation of stars. The project also looks for knots, star clusters, and other objects such as young stars, supernova remnants, and newly discovered galaxies.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Milky Way Project". Spacehack. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Milky Way Project: Can you help?". Night Sky Network. Jet Propulsion Laboratory - California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

External links

Official website

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