Citizen ASAS-SN: Citizen Science with The All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN)

TL;DR

Citizen ASAS-SN is a citizen science project that engages volunteers in classifying variable star candidates using data from the ASAS-SN survey, aiding in the identification of variable stars for further study.

Contribution

This work introduces a novel citizen science platform integrated with ASAS-SN data for variable star classification, enhancing data analysis through public participation.

Findings

Successful classification of variable star candidates by volunteers

Identification of unique variable stars for follow-up

Enhanced data analysis through citizen science involvement

Abstract

We present "Citizen ASAS-SN", a citizen science project hosted on the Zooniverse platform which utilizes data from the All-Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN). Volunteers are presented with ASAS-SN $g$-band light curves of variable star candidates. The classification workflow allows volunteers to classify these sources into major variable groups, while also allowing for the identification of unique variable stars for additional follow-up.