I recently got a chance to interview and profile the people behind a collaboration between Smithsonian and the Harvard College Observatory who are crowdsourcing the transcription of logbooks for thousands of photographic plates. It’s a massive undertaking that will give scientists access to a hundred years of astronomical data. – Simon
Read the article: Harvard and the Smithsonian teamed up to crowdsource a century of astronomical history
Brought to our attention by Simon Owens – www.simonowens.net, @simonowens
