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Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker
written by Mario Belloni
The Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker Lab uses the Tracker video analysis tool to measure and analyze the motion of sunspots to determine the solar rotation rate.  This lab uses 31 still images taken 1 day apart of the Sun.

Requires Tracker version 4.6 or greater.

The zip file contains the lab instructions, the series of still images that will be made into a movie, and a sample Tracker file.

Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker Lab is one of several Tracker models used to incorporate computational and video analysis techniques in introductory astronomy. Tracker, a video analysis program with dynamical modeling, is an Open Source Physics tool.  Additional models and programs can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics or Tracker.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).
3 supplemental documents are available
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Astronomy Education
= Curricula
- The Sun
= Space Weather
Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Modeling
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Laboratory
- Audio/Visual
= Image/Image Set
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Mario Belloni
Keywords:
astronomy, solar, sun, sunspots, tracker, video analysis
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Metadata instance created January 9, 2012 by Mario Belloni
Record Updated:
January 31, 2023 by Lyle Barbato
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M. Belloni, Computer Program MEASUREMENT OF THE SOLAR ROTATION RATE WITH TRACKER (2012), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11617&DocID=2517).
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Belloni, M. (2012). Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker [Computer software]. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11617&DocID=2517
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Belloni, Mario. "Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker." https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11617&DocID=2517 (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Belloni, Mario. Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rate with Tracker. Computer software. 2012. Java (JRE) 1.5. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11617&DocID=2517>.
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