| Researchers | Zorina Ahmad Syed (Grade 10 student at TNS Beaconhouse) |
| Time Frame | Summer 2026 |
| Supplementary Materials | Tracking the Moon’s Altitude with a Quadrant and Triquetrum |
| Description | |
Centuries before the telescope, astronomers fixed the positions of celestial objects with nothing more than a weighted string, a sighted ruler, and a graduated scale. This study revisits two such instruments, the quadrant and the triquetrum, to ask a simple question: how well can naked-eye, pre-telescopic technology track a moving target like the Moon?
Figure 1. (a) Photograph of the home-made experimental setup, and (b) illustration of the Quadrant instrument.
Figure 2. (a) Photograph of the home-made experimental setup, and (b) illustration of the Triquetrum instrument. | |
