An image of the Orion Nebula taken from the Strawbridge Observatory during Professor Karen Masters' "Advanced Topics: Observational Astronomy" class. Photo: David Zegeye '19.
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Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy Karen Masters presented new work at the recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society showcasing discoveries made by more than 8000 citizen scientists as part of the Zooniverse project.