#  Citizen scientists to rescue 150 years of cosmic images 

 





March 24, 2017

 

 

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> ‘Lost’ images from astronomy journals are being rediscovered through a citizen-science project that launched on 22 March — a potential boon to researchers looking for changes in the Universe. ['Astronomy Rewind'](https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/astronomy-rewind) harnesses volunteers to digitize, map and make searchable observations featured in papers from journals of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) dating back to around 1850.

 **Read More:**

- [Citizen scientists to rescue 150 years of cosmic images](http://www.nature.com/news/citizen-scientists-to-rescue-150-years-of-cosmic-images-1.21702), Nature. 24 March 2017
- [CFA Press Release](https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2017-11), March 22, 2017
- [Astronomy Rewind sifts through old pictures to find new cosmic perspectives](http://www.geekwire.com/2017/astronomy-rewind-old-pictures-new-cosmic/), GeekWire, March 23, 2017
- Zooniverse Project website: [https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zooniverse/astronomy-rewind](https://www.zooniv%20erse.org/projects/zooniverse/astronomy-rewind)

   ![Astronomy Rewind Image](/sites/g/files/omnuum6291/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/2017-11.jpg?itok=wj_yU8Yi) 

 

 *At left is a photograph of the Orion Nebula from page 396 of the June 1905 [Astrophysical Journal](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/1905ApJ....21..389H) -- without coordinate labels to fix its celestial position and orientation. Astrometry.net was able to recognize the star pattern, after which the image was rotated more than 180° to put north up and placed in context on the sky in [WorldWide Telescope](http://bit.ly/2msXe5q).*

 *American Astronomical Society, NASA/SAO Astrophysics Data System & WorldWide Telescope*



 

 

 



 

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