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RAD@home RGB-maker web-tool for citizen science research in multi-wavelength study of AGNs with radio jets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2023

Avinash Kumar Open the ORCID record for Avinash Kumar [Opens in a new window] ,
Ck. Avinash ,
Arundhati Purohit  and
Ananda Hota Open the ORCID record for Ananda Hota [Opens in a new window]
Avinash Kumar
Affiliation:
RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai-410210, India
Ck. Avinash
Affiliation:
RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai-410210, India
Arundhati Purohit
Affiliation:
RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai-410210, India
Ananda Hota
Affiliation:
RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai-410210, India UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, Mumbai-400098, India
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Abstract

The RAD@home RGB-maker Tool is a python-based web application that enables citizen science research through collaboration using open-source technology. The tool fetches FITS image data from NASA SkyView and generates false colour images in Red-Green-Blue channels with contour. This helps in the basic multi-wavelength understanding and characterization of extragalactic objects, and further analysis along with reporting of potential new discoveries in a uniform format. Students from Universities or science-graduate citizens gain skills in RGB-C image analysis and identify unique features in objects via either one-day online-weekend events or week-long in-person training. Trained citizen scientists in turn are part of rare discoveries such as the jet-galaxy interaction system RAD12. The tool has been successfully used by thousands of citizen scientists in India since its launch on 26th January 2021 and has demonstrated the potential during IAU symposium 375 to be part of citizen science efforts with international participants.

Keywords

Galaxy: evolutionradio continuum: galaxiesmethods: data analysis
Type
Poster Paper
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 17 , Symposium S375: The Multimessenger Chakra of Blazar Jets , December 2021 , pp. 40 - 41
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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