2. PedroRusso
Astronomer / Outreach Scientist
Leiden University NL / Astronomy
Interests: Everything in-between astronomy and society
EU Universe Awareness: www.unawe.org
IAU Astronomy for Development: www.astro4dev.org
Communicating Astronomy with the Public journal:
www.capjournal.org
Science Office: www.scienceoffice.org
11. Motivation
Contribution to science (i.e. no sandbox
games, it must really be a contribution to
science)
Learn more about astronomy
You see things that very few people have
seen before
Galaxy Zoo: Exploring the Motivations of Citizen Science Volunteers
http://link.aip.org/link/doi/10.3847/AER200903
12. Contributions
• Galaxy Zoo: 24 papers published
• Do spiral galaxies have a preferred direction of rotation?
(No)
• Much larger number of Blue Ellipticals than initially thought
• Astronomers previously thought that all red galaxies are
elliptical
15. Motivation
• Recognition by peers and professionals
• Publication in magazines and books
• Contribute to astronomy research (ie. Publication
of papers)
16. Contributions
• Beautiful astronomical images
• Contribution to astrophotography websites (Astronomy
Picture of the Day) and publications (The World at Night)
• Hardware hack: PhilipsToUcam Pro
• Image processing techniques: Lucky imaging
• Advanced contributions (coauthors on papers) to several
areas of astronomy: supernova, planetary sciences, time-
consuming and long time coverage
17. Localisation
Citizen Science Platforms
Zooniverse (EN, PL, DE) registered
users (as today): 659 021
Dec. 2010: 350 000
Dec. 2011: 500 000
1. Mandarin: 845 Million
2. Spanish: 329 Million
3. English: 328 Million
4. Hindi-Urdu: 240 Million
astronomy news service
5. Arabic: 206 Million for children aged 8+
Crowd-translated in 15 lang.
every week
25. On-line Off-line
Citizen-Sci on-line Sci Clubs
Serious games Public Labs
Sci DIY Kits
Open Institutions
e.g.: Science centres, community
and uni libraries
Hinweis der Redaktion
In the form of an interactive computer game players get to process photographs where they have to mark interesting features like river deltas on Mars, the evolution of glaciers on Earth and so on. Cerberus as a game is equipped with an extensive learning experience in order to ready the players to do the job
In the form of an interactive computer game players get to process photographs where they have to mark interesting features like river deltas on Mars, the evolution of glaciers on Earth and so on. Cerberus as a game is equipped with an extensive learning experience in order to ready the players to do the job
In the form of an interactive computer game players get to process photographs where they have to mark interesting features like river deltas on Mars, the evolution of glaciers on Earth and so on. Cerberus as a game is equipped with an extensive learning experience in order to ready the players to do the job
In the form of an interactive computer game players get to process photographs where they have to mark interesting features like river deltas on Mars, the evolution of glaciers on Earth and so on. Cerberus as a game is equipped with an extensive learning experience in order to ready the players to do the job