SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Path of Total Solar Eclipse 2017” and “Tour of the Constellation Cassiopeia”
Net Control: Kelley K5KTX
Afterglow Movie at 10:30: Phase IV
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
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Links to tonight’s Sky Net:
Discussion topic of the evening.
“Path of the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017”
Interactive Map – Starting in Oregon
http://xjubier.free.fr/…/solar_…/TSE_2017_GoogleMapFull.html
Total Solar Eclipse Resources
http://www.eclipse2017.org/eclipse2017_main.htm
http://www.nsta.org/…/f…/solarscience/SolarScienceInsert.pdf
http://eclipsophile.com/…/total-solar-eclipse-2017-august-…/
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
Daytime Moon Image
http://en.es-static.us/…/daytime_moon_December_2010_Brian_P…
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Tonight’s Constellation is Cassiopeia
Constellation Cassiopeia
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14316718_15379389595…
Photo #1 Open Cluster (M52/NGC 7654)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14322697_15379389762…
Photo #2 Open Cluster (M103/NGC 581)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14359228_15379389895…
Photo #3 Cassiopeia-A
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14333072_15379389728…
Photo #4 The Pacman Nebula (NGC 281)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14390635_15379390028…
Photo #5 White Rose Cluster (NGC 7789)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14292261_15379390462…
Photo #6 Owl Cluster (NGC 457)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14368811_15379390128…
Photo #7 Young Open Cluster (NGC 663)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/…/14292327_15379390262…
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Charon Flecked with Smudgy Layer of Pluto’s Atmosphere
http://www.astronomy.com/…/charon-is-flecked-with-a-smudgy-…
Can the Moon Make an Earthquake Worse?
http://www.astronomy.com/…/can-the-moon-make-and-earthquake…
Space Exploration and Space History
Saturn in 2016: https://www.nasa.gov/…/f…/thumbnails/image/pia21046_main.jpg
Time lapse video of Saturn: https://youtu.be/gqXcXNUu1lg…
Cassini infographic: https://www.nasa.gov/…/cassinibythenumbers_20160915_final.j…
Heart Lake, Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/…/pia20838_main_pressimage2_mola_and_t…
Heart Lake: http://www.nasa.gov/…/pia20839_pressimage3_filledbasins.jpg… satellite passages over the next couple of days.
ISS
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx…
Sept. 25th
http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx…
OTV4
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx…
Sept. 18
http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx…
Sept. 26
http://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx…
North Korean Satellite
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx…