Planet Hunters Talk

New User

  • Joo_A. by Joo_A.

    Hello I'm new on this project, by that I have some questions:
    How do analyze that indeed exists a planet?
    How does your highlights help?
    Who analyzes the data, users or the heads of the project?
    Is the discover of a potential planet is attributed to one or many users?

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  • Ptd by Ptd

    Hi Joo_A

    A list of the science papers which are generated by Planethunters and the Zooniverse in general can be found here https://www.zooniverse.org/about/publications

    This will give you a feel for the sort of things we are contributing towards, how our clicks get used and how acknowledgements work.

    We are also quite good a spotting the odd stuff the professionals weren't expecting, and thus haven't got computer algorithms to look for. For example the only planet so far found in a four star system, and what has been described as 'the most interesting star in the galaxy', were both found by volunteers on this site.

    Welcome to the site 😃

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  • Joo_A. by Joo_A.

    Thank you very much!

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