Citizen scientists’ “Green Pea” galaxies featured at international meeting
SEP 14, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024669
Astronomy : “Green Pea” galaxies , first classified in 2007 by amateur stargazers participating in the online project Galaxy Zoo , were the subject of a talk 10 September at the Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting by Ricardo Amorin of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia. Green Pea galaxies are compact, low-mass galaxies undergoing very high rates of star formation; they are named for their small size and greenish appearance. According to Amorin, “Discovering Green Pea galaxies has opened a new window to investigate galaxy evolution and star formation in the early universe.
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