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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-11 09:58 AM
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Help Oxford and Yale find new planets on your computer


I just learned about this program and hadn't heard much about it.

Who is involved in Planet Hunters?

Planet Hunters is a collaboration between Yale University and the Zooniverse. The lightcurves provided on the site are from the publicly released data obtained by NASA's Kepler mission.
ORGANIZATIONS
The Adler Planetarium
The University of Oxford
Vizzuality
Yale University
Zooniverse

What do you all think?


Here is a link to the site

http://www.planethunters.org/
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-11 10:03 AM
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1. I just tried the example and failed. My brain is melting. n/t
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-06-11 10:09 AM
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2. Yeah I'm trying to get a handle on it too and I'm confused
on what's what.
Maybe others can check it out and give feedback.
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