Citizen Science Impact: Hanny’s Voorwerp and the Galaxy Zoo
If you ever wonder what how normal citizens can have an impact in science – take a listen to the latest Podcast from 365 Days of Astronomy and how a mild manner school teacher from the Netherlands found a strange object while participating in Galaxy Zoo. Now with the Hubble servicing mission complete – we’ll hopefully see future pictures of the Hanny’s Voorwerp.
Check it out on WorldWide Telescope with the tour I made after I first heard about it. ![hannysvoorwerp_wht_big[1]](https://msdntnarchive.z22.web.core.windows.net/media/TNBlogsFS/BlogFileStorage/blogs_msdn/dan_fay/WindowsLiveWriter/CitizenScienceImpactHannysVoorwerpandthe_7C6D/hannysvoorwerp_wht_big%5B1%5D_2.jpg "hannysvoorwerp_wht_big[1]")
May 21st Podcast: Hanny’s Voorwerp and the Galaxy Zoo
In 2007 Dutch school teacher Hanny van Arkel discovered a unique deep space object never before described... from the comfort of her computer chair! Learn about how her love of music led her down a path of astronomical discovery.
May 21st: Hanny’s Voorwerp and the Galaxy Zoo
Cross Posted from Dan Fay's Blog (https://blogs.msdn.com/dan\_fay)
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