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Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker Documents

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Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker 

written by Mario Belloni

Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker. NOTE: this version contains files that are 1024 x 1024 and may require you to increase the memory size in Tracker.  If you are on a slower computer, please use the low resolution versions of these files in the supplemental documents tab below.

Last Modified June 13, 2012

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Supplemental Documents (3)

Instructions for Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker 

This pdf file contains the instructions for using the Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker files.

Published January 9, 2012
Last Modified January 9, 2012

This file is included in the full-text index.

Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker LOW RES 

Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker files using 512 x 512 lower resolution images for slower/older computers.  The main document uses 1024 x 1024 images and therefore is a larger download and uses more memory in Tracker to run smoothly.

Published June 13, 2012
Last Modified June 13, 2012

SOHO Venus Transit Movie 

This movie was generated by Tracker from individual images from the SOHO satellite taken 90 minutes apart from June 1- June 10, 2012

Published July 25, 2012
Last Modified July 25, 2012