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Galaxy Citizen Science in the LSST Era Chris Lintott Department of Physics University of Oxford @chrislintott Galaxy Zoo 1: Simple classifications of SDSS Lintott et al. arXiv:0804.4483 Galaxy Zoo 2: Detailed classifications of SDSS Willett et al. arXiv:1308.3496 Galaxy Zoo Hubble: GOODS, GEMS, COSMOS Willett et al. submitted (data available on request) Galaxy Zoo 4: CANDELS Simmons et al. submitted (data available on request) Data collected for: UKIDSS, DECaLS DR1 Live now: DECaLS DR2, ILLUSTRIS Simmons+13 Simmons et al. arXiv: 1207.4190 Simmons et al. arXiv: 1207.4190 Simmons et al. arXiv: 1207.4190 Simmons et al. arXiv: 1207.4190 Simmons et al. arXiv: 1207.4190 Simmons et al. arXiv: 1207.4190 Simmons et al. arXiv: 1207.4190 HUMAN-MACHINE CLASSIFICATION FOR ASTROPHYSICAL PROJECTS Galaxy Zoo Comet Hunters Solar Milky Way Andromeda Stormwatch Project Project SDSS, HST HSC Spitzer, Herschel PHAT (HST) UKIRT, DES STEREO Space Warps Planet Hunters GZ: Mergers Radio Galaxy Zoo Planet 4 Kepler, TESS CFHT, DES SDSS,HST FIRST, ATLAS, WISE MRO/HiRISE Asteroid Zoo Sunspotter Snapshot Disk Detective Higgs Hunters Catalina Sky SDO Supernova WISE ATLAS Survey PTF, Skymapper zooniverse.org/lab github.com/zooniverse/panoptes github.com/zooniverse/panoptes-front-end Classification Discovery Simmons et al. Lintott et al. arXiv/1409.1214 arXiv/0906.5304 Marshall et al. arXiv: 1504.06148 Dieleman et al. arXiv: 1503.07077 The Zorilla Problem SnapshotSerengeti.org Pan-STARRS Supernovae Missed Detection Rate Detection Missed Filtered before human classification Darryl Wright in prep Machine Performance Machine Time/Size of training set Sorting by Groups Classification Discovery Simmons et al. Lintott et al. arXiv/1409.1214 arXiv/0906.5304 SpaceWarps: Red Radio Ring Geach et al. 2015 arXiv: 1503.05824 g r i gri Cardamone et al.: arXiv: 0907.4155 LSST Education & Public Outreach Baseline Plan Thanks to the Galaxy Zoo, SpaceWarps & Zooniverse teams Particularly: Karen Masters, Portsmouth (Galaxy Zoo Project Scientist) Brooke Simmons, UCSD (Galaxy Zoo Deputy Project Scientist) Phil Marshall, SLAC (Space Warps Co-PI) Funding from : Google, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, The Helmsley Foundation, The National Science Foundation & The Leverhulme Trust, European Union FP7, EPSRC, AHRC, STFC, SDSS, TED, NASA, Microsoft, Scientific American [email protected] www.zooniverse.org @chrislintott .

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