SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Solar Eclipse Part 12: Weather and N. Texas Events” and “Tour of the Constellation Ophiuchus (Part 1)”
Net Control: Kelley K5KTX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
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.
Total Solar Eclipse: Part 12 Weather and North Texas Events
Eclipse weather resource: http://eclipsophile.com/
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
East, Early Summer Nightfall
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2013/01/summer_triangle_300.jpg
“Summer Triangle” Stars & Their Constellations
Constellation Cassiopeia and the Summer Triangle
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Milkyway_Swan_Panorama.jpg
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Constellation Ophiuchus (Part 1)
Note: Photos #1 and #2 will be presented next week.
Constellation Ophiuchus
Photo #3 Globular Cluster (M9/NGC 6333)
Photo #4 Globular Cluster (M10/NGC 6254)
Photo #5 Globular Cluster (M12/NGC 6218)
Photo #6 Globular Cluster (M14/NGC 6402)
Photo #7 Globular Cluster (M19/NGC 6273)
Photo #8 Globular Cluster (M62/NGC 6266)
Photo #9 Globular Cluster (M107/NGC 6171)
Photo #10 Ultraluminous Infrared Galaxy (NGC 6240)
Photo #11 Barnard-68
Photo #13 Little Ghost Nebula
Photo #14 Dark Horse Nebula
Photo #16 Snake Nebula (Barnard-72)
Photo #17 Twin Jet Nebula (M2-9)
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Jupiter is One Old-timer, Scientist Finds
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170612154220.htm
Low-mass Stars Always Born with a Sibling: Many, Like Our Sun, Split Up
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170614091907.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
Image of South African team capturing data on MU69: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nh-ostrichfarmhenrythroop.jpg
Image of Orion Crater on Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia21708-main_sol4712_l257atc.jpg