Activity 2: Classifying and Identifying Objects

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One of the most important and often-used scientific skills is organizing information or objects into categories based on shared characteristics. The next step is to analyze the data that was categorized, looking for patterns that reveal an important scientific truth.

Your mission task will make use of your classification skills. You will be asked to identify and classify selected objects in the Hubble Deep Field image.

To begin this task, choose a camera of the Hubble Deep Field image to study more closely.