Peas Project

[waveney]

I think we are done. 

You can still look and play.

The note under news can go.

[Sophie 378]

Aw, but I'm having fun!   I found an asteroid by Navi-ing too!

[Hanny]

Thanks Waveney.

Edit: posted in the topic we're done for now.

[saiyette]

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My first pea!! 

**that didn't sound quite right**   

~Sai

[jules]

Just to be clear - for someone who's had her mind on other things for a few days - is the 2nd pea hunt over?? I still appear to be able to classify and wouldn't want to mess things up. 

EDIT - Ah Waveney says we can still play - but I'm guessing this won't contribute to the analysis.

[Hanny]

Yup to Jules' edit and welcome to the zoo to Sai.

[saiyette]

Yup to Jules' edit and welcome to the zoo to Sai.

Thanks Hanny! But do the messages above mean we don't need to hunt for peas anymore? 

[Hanny]

Well, the pea hunting sessions at Waveney's site are done, but you can still classify them for fun. (Meaning: it's not necessary anymore, but if you want, you still can). I think, if you're classifying on the home (analyse) page of the zoo, you may still find some peas, maybe even not posted ones.. although I think chances of that are small. Anyway, stick around for zoo2!

[zookeeperKevin]

Just to let you know what we've been doing:

The "peas" project has now moved on to the next phase. We're analysing their spectra to measure their emission lines carefully and then to use them as diagnostic tools of what's going on in them. We'll report once we've got an idea of that. Some early news are that at least some of them show "broad" emission lines. Such broad lines originate from very close to a central supermassive black holes. So at least some peas are definitely AGN!

I've also located a nice Hubble Space Telescope image of a pea. Infuriatingly (or should I say intriguingly) the much deeper, higher-resolution image doesn't show any structure! Peas really are very compact and featureless!

[DancesWithWords]

Just to let you know what we've been doing:

The "peas" project has now moved on to the next phase. We're analysing their spectra to measure their emission lines carefully and then to use them as diagnostic tools of what's going on in them. We'll report once we've got an idea of that. Some early news are that at least some of them show "broad" emission lines. Such broad lines originate from very close to a central supermassive black holes. So at least some peas are definitely AGN!

I've also located a nice Hubble Space Telescope image of a pea. Infuriatingly (or should I say intriguingly) the much deeper, higher-resolution image doesn't show any structure! Peas really are very compact and featureless!

What was the propose of this search?  I can not seem to find the orginal post with the objective and what is the hoped out come. 

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DDW

[elizabeth]

  I think it is on page 1 maybe?

[Half65]

Here is the link

[Hanny]

Can we see it too Kev, or did I miss something?

[zookeeperKevin]

Here it is. It doesn't look too great because even with HST resolution and a much deeper image (~1 orbit in F775W for the afficionados), there really isn't much to see!

[fluffyporcupine]

Here it is. It doesn't look too great because even with HST resolution and a much deeper image (~1 orbit in F775W for the afficionados), there really isn't much to see!

maybe a silly question - but why isnt it green if its a pea? something to do with the wavelength looked at? and whats the scale at the bottom of the pic?