Regionoons

Regionoons are a fictional species featured in the "Zooniverse" web application. Within the Zooniverse platform, the term "regionoon" is used as a placeholder or a generic identifier for a point or marker placed by citizen scientists on an image during a data classification task. These tasks often involve identifying features in astronomical images, biological samples, or other scientific data. When a user marks a specific area of interest, that marked location might be referred to as a "regionoon" by the system or within the project's documentation. The specific meaning and purpose of a regionoon are entirely dependent on the particular Zooniverse project it is associated with. For example, in an astronomy project, a regionoon might indicate the location of a star, galaxy, or other celestial object. In a biology project, it could denote a cell, a specific structure within a cell, or an organism. The term itself is not a scientific classification or a real-world entity but rather a term of convenience used within the interactive interface of Zooniverse projects to facilitate data collection and analysis by a large community of volunteers.