SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Crafty Elon Musk’s Reusable Rocket Plans” and “Tour of the Constellation Ursa Major”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Five Million Years to Earth”
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
Video Stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/skynet2
& Facebook “DARC Skynet Astronomy Net”
Audio Stream: http://pokeys.doomdns.com:8000
Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skynet
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/
Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion topic of the evening.
Elon Musk’s Crafty Future Plans for Reusable Launch Vehicles
Falcon 9 Reusable Launch System
https://upload.wikimedia.org/…/ORBCOMM-2_%2823282658734%29.…
Drone Landing Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPGUQySBikQ
Interplanetary Mission to Mars (Video)
Space X Interplanetary Spaceship
http://spaceflight101.com/…/2016/09/Spaceship-Horizontal.png
Interplanetary Lander
https://zlsa.github.io/…/vehicle/spacex-its-lander-scale.png
Rocket Comparisons
http://i.imgur.com/0k0Zl4E.jpg
Raptor Engine
https://motherboard-images.vice.com/…/…/1475089753238547.png
On Board ITS
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
Jupiter Photo From This Week
http://en.es-static.us/…/jupiter-moons-4-7-2017-Rob-Petteng…
East, Nightfall/Early Evening
http://en.es-static.us/…/2017-april9-10-11-moon-jupiter-spi…
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Skymap Ursa Major
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17862302_18488199951…
Photo #1 Big Dipper Stars
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17862278_18488197551…
Photo #2 Bodes Galaxy (M81)
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17799349_18488197718…
Photo #3 Cigar Galaxy (M82)
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17861448_18488197751…
Photo #4 Owl Nebula (M97)
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17798999_18488199051…
Photo #5 Pinwheel Galaxy (M101/NGC 5457)
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17795787_18488199484…
Photo #6 Barred Spiral Galaxy (M108/NGC 3556)
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17634430_18488198384…
Photo #7 Barred Spiral (M109/NGC 3992)
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17796743_18488198251…
Photo #8 Peculiar Dwarf Galaxy (NGC 5474)
https://scontent-dft4-2.xx.fbcdn.net/…/17800151_18488198851…
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Dramatic Stellar Fireworks of Star Birth
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2017/…/170407132753.htm
Atmosphere Detected Around an Earth-like Planet
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releas…/2017/…/170406152402.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
Ceres’ transient atmosphere
Asteroid flyby on April 19
Ceres: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/archive/PIA21081_figA.mp4
Asteroid path: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=cItnmeZGxZM