Welcome, Guest

Author Topic: Help Kepler to find planets!  (Read 7111 times)

APODman

  • Universe Sandbox 1 Beta Team
  • *****
  • Posts: 225
    • Astronomic Picture of the Day - Brazil
Help Kepler to find planets!
« on: December 17, 2010, 12:15:13 PM »
Help Kepler to find planets!

Everyone knows the Kepler, right? That spacecraft that will take pictures of thousands of stars to calculate the variation of its brightness to identify transiting planets.

For those who have not heard, is exactly that. The brightness of a star can fall when an object with the size of a planet passes through it. Less than 1% of the brightness decreases, but it is enough for the sensitive sensors of Kepler.

But the information gained is so great, but so great that it would take many years to analyze the data obtained in the first months of the mission.

For help to analyze this data the creators of Galaxy Zoo was released yesterday the "Planet Hunters" !
Do register and obtain data from the mission in order to help identify which stars have planets or not.

Check out the video tutorial: http://www.planethunters.org/science#started

The images are from various points on a graph. Each point is the measurement of the star's brightness. Along with the image will have a question. The first is whether there is a large space in the chart. Then if the brightness is variable or if the star is quiet and so on.

When you find a transition, will be placed on the list. When multiple users identify a transition, scientists will verify !

More in: http://www.planethunters.org/

[ ]´s

atomic7732

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 3849
  • caught in the river turning blue
    • Paladin of Storms
Re: Help Kepler to find planets!
« Reply #1 on: December 17, 2010, 12:20:02 PM »
YAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!! I've always wanted this!!!!!!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Naru523

  • Universe Sandbox 1 Beta Team
  • *****
  • Posts: 1295
  • let's walk the true path of life
Re: Help Kepler to find planets!
« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2010, 03:56:11 PM »
Awesome.

Bla

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 1013
  • The stars died so you can live.
Re: Help Kepler to find planets!
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2010, 02:42:48 AM »
Awesome.
Quoted for truth.
The other Zooniverse projects are also very exciting, like categoritising galaxies!

APODman

  • Universe Sandbox 1 Beta Team
  • *****
  • Posts: 225
    • Astronomic Picture of the Day - Brazil
Re: Help Kepler to find planets!
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2010, 06:41:25 AM »
A friend found this graphic:



Look the regular fall of the star luminosity: evidence of exoplanet(s) ?


[ ]´s

atomic7732

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 3849
  • caught in the river turning blue
    • Paladin of Storms
Re: Help Kepler to find planets!
« Reply #5 on: December 18, 2010, 12:06:16 PM »
It seems to be 1 planet. Nice find! I found a 4.8-4.9 day period planet (that's like 7 transits). It was also a "Kepler favorite"...

Darvince

  • *****
  • Posts: 1842
  • 差不多
Re: Help Kepler to find planets!
« Reply #6 on: December 25, 2010, 08:17:39 PM »
Craaaap. More reason to be obsessed with Galaxy Zoo.  >:(

atomic7732

  • Global Moderator
  • *****
  • Posts: 3849
  • caught in the river turning blue
    • Paladin of Storms
Re: Help Kepler to find planets!
« Reply #7 on: December 25, 2010, 08:43:32 PM »
Craaaap. More reason to be obsessed with Galaxy Zoo.  >:(
Exactly.  ;D