for the amatuer astronomers out there, you need never to be bored again, below is a link to the galaxy zoo, a place where you can help classify galaxies (there is way too much info from the space telescopes for computers to analyse and the human mind is remarkably good at distinguishing images). Well worth signing up and getting involved, there is a quick help section which walks you through what you need to do (it’s just clicking on buttons).
http://beta.galaxyzoo.org/index.aspx
and here is a story about one of the people from this community who spotted something and has it named after her and from what i have read has interested astromoners enough to have a closer look at her object
http://www.galaxyzooforum.org/index.php?topic=270620.0
first post in over 24 hours, what’s going on?