Teaching Astronomy Using Tracker

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written by Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian, and Douglas Brown

The paper Teaching Astronomy Using Tracker describes two new video analysis experiments for the teaching of astronomy made possible by Tracker, a free, open-source video analysis tool. In this paper we describe how to use Tracker to determine the sidereal day and the solar rotation rate from series of still astrophotographs.

Materials asociated with this article can be found on ComPADRE at: Measurement of the Sidereal Day with Tracker and Measurement of the Solar Rotation Rat with Tracker.

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The Physics Teacher: Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 149-151

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Published: March 1, 2013

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Astronomy - Astronomy Education = Curricula - Fundamentals = Night Sky - The Sun = Space Weather Education Practices - Active Learning = Modeling - Curriculum Development = Laboratory General Physics - Curriculum - General	- Lower Undergraduate - High School	- Instructional Material = Best practice = Curriculum support = Instructor Guide/Manual

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Access Rights:: Limited free access
Restriction:: © 2013 Mario Belloni, Wolfgang Christian, and Douglas Brown
DOI:: 10.1119/1.4792008
PACSs:: 01.50.F-; 01.50.My; 96.60.qd; 97.00.00
Keywords:: Open Source Physics, Tracker, astronomy, modeling, osp, sidereal, solar, sunspots, video analysis
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created September 22, 2013 by Mario Belloni
Record Updated:: September 22, 2013 by Mario Belloni
Last Update when Cataloged:: March 1, 2013
Other Collections:: The Open Source Physics

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=13019">Belloni, M, W. Christian, and D. Brown. "Teaching Astronomy Using Tracker." Phys. Teach. 51, no. 3, (March 1, 2013): 149-151.</a>

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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and D. Brown, , Phys. Teach. 51 (3), 149 (2013), WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13019&DocID=3585).

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M. Belloni, W. Christian, and D. Brown, Teaching Astronomy Using Tracker, Phys. Teach. 51 (3), 149 (2013), <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13019&DocID=3585>.

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Belloni, M., Christian, W., & Brown, D. (2013, March 1). Teaching Astronomy Using Tracker. Phys. Teach., 51(3), 149-151. Retrieved May 16, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13019&DocID=3585

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Belloni, M, W. Christian, and D. Brown. "Teaching Astronomy Using Tracker." Phys. Teach. 51, no. 3, (March 1, 2013): 149-151, https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13019&DocID=3585 (accessed 16 May 2025).

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Belloni, Mario, Wolfgang Christian, and Douglas Brown. "Teaching Astronomy Using Tracker." Phys. Teach. 51.3 (2013): 149-151. 16 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13019&DocID=3585>.

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