Using Stellarium To Cyber-Observe The Great American Eclipse
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- David Sitar, Astronomy Laboratory Instructor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: The Great American Eclipse is over. Somewhat sad, is it not? Individuals who were unable to experience the event on August 21, 2017, can now cyber-observe the eclipse with Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org). In the authors’ opinion, it is fun and has many great applications in the classroom. In addition it is open source and available for Android, iOS, and Linux users. We here at Appalachian use it in our introductory astronomy labs for specific activities such as investigating coordinate systems, discovering differences between solar and sidereal days, as well as determining why your “astrological sign” is most often not your “astronomical sign.”
Using Stellarium To Cyber-Observe The Great American Eclipse
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Prim, E. R. and D. J. Sitar (2017). "Using Stellarium to cyber-observe the Great American Eclipse." The Physics Teacher 55(6): 382-383. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4999744. Publisher version of record available at: https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1119/1.4999744
- Language: English
- Date: 2017
- Keywords
- Great American Eclipse, Stellarium