The Big, the Bad and the Ugly – Citizen scientist sunspot classification with Sunspot Zoo David O'Callaghan Peter Gallagher Shaun Bloomfield Paul Higgins David Pérez-Suárez Sophie Murray Gabriele Pierantoni Joseph Roche 10.6084/m9.figshare.732725.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/poster/The_Big_the_Bad_and_the_Ugly_Citizen_scientist_sunspot_classification_with_Sunspot_Zoo/732725 <p>Poster presented at the "UK National Astronomy Meeting 2013" conference, 1st - 5th July 2013, St. Andrews, Scotland.</p> <p> </p> <p>It is not currently possible to forecast solar flare occurrence to a high degree of accuracy. One of the best predictors for the occurrence of flares is that a sunspot group has already produced large flares. Without prior activity the best predictions are generally achieved by systems using human-based visual recognition. The aims of Sunspot Zoo are:</p> <p><br> * To stimulate interest in solar physics and citizen science in school students and the public,<br> * To create a crowd-sourced sunspot group complexity ranking <br> * To test if complexity predicts flaring</p> <p>Sunspot Zoo will soon be made available through Zooniverse.org to allow large-scale participation. An outreach programme will bring Sunspot Zoo to schools in Ireland this Autumn.</p> 2013-06-29 18:00:11 Heliophysics solar physics outreach crowdsourcing TCD Trinity College Dublin arg Astrophysics Research Group sunspot citizen science zooniverse NAM2013 Astrophysics Applied Computer Science