SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Summer Space Camp: Stafford Air/Space Museum” and “Tour of the Constellation Aquarius”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie at 10:30: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
Video Stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/skynet2
Audio Stream: http://pokeys.doomdns.com:8000
Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skynet
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Links to tonight’s Sky Net:
Discussion topic of the evening.
Entrance of Stafford Air and Space Museum
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/…/an-f-104-starfighter.jpg
General Thomas P. Stafford (ASTP)
http://www.okhistory.org/imag…/kids/spacethumbs/image017.png
Stafford Air & Space Museum (30 Second Video)
https://youtu.be/ye31VdlSQns
Apollo CM Boilerplate
http://staffordmuseum.com/…/2013/07/Apollo-Boilerplate-1.jpg
ASTP McCall
http://www.nasa.gov/…/…/images/430583main_mccall01_full.jpg…
Titan II ICBM
http://www.okhistory.org/…/his…/winniestravels/stafford1.jpg
Museum Space Section
http://staffordmuseum.com/…/uploa…/2013/07/stafford-rm-2.jpg
AMU Artist Rendition
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/…/12437339693_88e003d4f6_b.jpg
Gemini 1/2 Scale
http://farm9.static.flickr.com/80…/8339894192_885433a368.jpg
Also on display, 1/2 scale Gemini capsule and Apollo Lunar Module.
https://airandspace.si.edu/…/collec…/full/A19750597000d1.JPG
Leonov In-Flight Garment
http://staffordmuseum.org/…/Leonov-FLOWN-ASTP-in-flight-gar…
Space Race Models
http://staffordmuseum.com/…/07/Rockets-of-the-Space-Race-2.…
Mig-21R
http://staffordmuseum.com/…/07/MiG-21R-Fishbed-Fighter-1.jpg
Museum
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/…/explore-over-an-acre.jpg
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
�Constellation Orion
http://www.solarsystemquick.com/…/orion-constellation-new-2…
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Tonight’s Constellation Aquarius
Constellation Aquarius “The Water Bearer”
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14316909_15290961371…
Photo #1 Globular Cluster (M2/NGC 7089)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/13244633_15290961637…
Photo #2 Globular Cluster (M72/NGC 6981)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14212186_15290961604…
Photo #3 Asterism of Four Stars (M73/NGC 6994)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14291780_15290961804…
Photo #4 Saturn Nebula (NGC 7009)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14316934_15290962137…
Photo #5 Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14238219_15290961171…
Photo #6 Atoms for Peace Galaxy (NGC 7252)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14203204_15290961271…
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Hubble Discovers Rare Fossil Relic of Early Milky Way
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2016/…/160907112347.htm
Ripples in Fabric of Time? Hundreds of Undiscovered Black Holes
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2016/…/160907215155.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
Launch of OSIRIS-Rex
Juno returns first images of Jupiter’s north pole
Landing of ISS crew
Space history, including: Galileo’s 2nd flyby of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede; and first broadcast of Star Trek
Media links:
OSIRIS-REx launch:
o https://www.nasa.gov/…/files/thumbnails/image/lift_off-2.jpg
o https://www.nasa.gov/…/t…/image/28928192294_39afbc0b8f_o.jpg
North pole of Jupiter:
o https://www.nasa.gov/…/pia21030_main_2_north_polar_full-dis…
o https://www.nasa.gov/…/pia21031_3_figa_npoleterminatorview2…
Signals from Jupiter: https://youtu.be/slE2i0O0pDY
Infrared light from Jupiter: https://youtu.be/i9TtSCkoERw
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
OTV 4
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx…
Sept 18th
http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx…
North Korean Satellite
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx…
Sept 14th
http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx…
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