The Galaxy Zoo (GZ) project has provided quantitative visual morphologies for over a million galaxies, and has been part of a reinvigoration of interest in the morphologies of galaxies and what they reveal about galaxy evolution. Morphological information collected by GZ has shown itself to be a powerful tool for studying galaxy evolution, and GZ continues to collect classifications - currently serving imaging from DECaLS in its main site, and running a variety of related projects hosted by the Zooniverse; the citizen science platform which came out of the early success of GZ. I highlight some of the results from the last twelve years, with a particular emphasis on linking morphology and dynamics, look forward to future projects in the GZ family, and provide a quick start guide for how you can easily make use of citizen science techniques to analysis your own large and complex data sets.
@article{arxiv.1910.08177,
title = {Twelve Years of Galaxy Zoo},
author = {Karen L. Masters and the Galaxy Zoo Team},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.08177},
year = {2020}
}
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Invited Review Talk at the IAU Symposium No. 353: "Galactic Dynamics in the Era of Large Surveys". 8 pages