One challenge we encountered was analyzing what the data plot represented in terms of our research question and the claims of the papers from our literature review. Another challenge we encountered came in trying to get the code blocks to run (this was very time consuming as the computers were old and took a while to process the data), so working with and editting what we had already written was thus a challenge. This was not an easy challenge to overcome, and we often simply had to wait for the computers. If we were lucky, there would be updated computers available and we could load the terminal and run our code faster.

    We were able to conclude that, assuming the accuracy and genuine variation of the dataset provided by Zooniverse citizen scientist volunteers, the type of galaxy does not factor into its stellar mass. We did, however, conclude that galaxy type does not affect the break-down of stellar mass ranges. For a given stellar mass range, the percentage of late type galaxies within that range is the same as the percentage of early type galaxies within that range, is the same as the perecentage of merger galaxies within that range, across all examined stellar mass ranges.

   Our biggest success, as a group, came in our ability to answer our original research question. We did not need to edit or revise our original question to fit our data analysis and/or conclusions, which is rarity within our group of fellow research scientists.

    If we should have more time, we would seek out more data, so as to further examine a continued presence of constantcy in the relative stellar mass ranges across galaxy types.

    Another topic of interest for some of our group members is the impact of galaxy type on the merging of two galaxies.