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Assignment 5 (Sun Spots)
To See Other Assignments in the Exploring the Universe Series: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
(7) ANALYSIS
About how many pixels, on the average, did you find that a sunspot moved in a day?
Diag Corr = Diagonal Correction to take into account that the measurement has a diagonal component.
What would you estimate your error in picking the same point on the sunspot in each image:
+ or - how many pixels?
Eight consecutive measurements were made and an error + or - 1 was returned
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