Update from Galaxy Zoo

Dear Galaxy Zoo,

Your hard work has made Galaxy Zoo 2 an enormous success, as galaxy classifications have been flooding in at a record-breaking rate. User newolder recently recorded the 15 millionth classifying click and we're now heading for 20 million. Please don't stop now, though - we
still need your help at

http://www.galaxyzoo.org

The more of you who take part, and the more galaxies that you classifythe better our results will be in the end.

To help encourage those of you who haven't really got to grips with Zoo 2 yet, users who complete more than 100 classifications will get a sneak preview of a series of tours of the Galaxy Zoo galaxies embedded in GoogleSky. You'll be whisked around the sky on a personal tour,
produced by Ben Hoyle and narrated by Galaxy Zoo team members at the University of Portsmouth.

You'll find the number of galaxies you've classified and the link to the tours in the 'My Galaxies' section, which also now includes all of your favourite galaxies. We've also made it easier than ever to find your way around, with help available as you go along and an 'invert' button to help you find faint features in the galaxy.

Galaxy Zoo is already - thanks to you - the most successful online citizen science project. Our fifth scientific paper, on blue ellipticals in Zoo 1, has been accepted by the journal, and we have
just received the latest dose of follow-up observing time, from the Japanese Suzaku satellite. All of this depends on your help - so log onto www.galaxyzoo.org and get classifying.

Thanks, and keep up the good work.
Chris & the Galaxy Zoo team