Astronomy

Galaxy Zoo DESI: Detailed Morphology Classifications

Detailed morphological classifications of 8.7 million galaxies from the DESI Legacy Imaging Survey, produced with deep learning trained on Galaxy Zoo volunteers.

Size
11.5 GB
Format
CSV, Parquet
License
CC-BY-4.0
Access
Open Access
Source
Zenodo (record 8360385)

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Challenge

Do spiral galaxies and elliptical (smooth) galaxies live in different parts of the sky brightness / redshift space? Pick two morphological classes and compare how their properties differ.

Where to start
Load the advanced catalogue (Parquet) reading only the columns you need — the deep-learning vote fractions for smooth vs. featured/spiral, plus any magnitude or redshift column. Filter to galaxies with confident classifications.
What to share
One or two clear plots (e.g. distributions or a 2D density) showing the difference, and a short paragraph on what it suggests. Share it in the forum.

Share your results and questions in the forum. Challenges are open-ended — there's no single right answer.