SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Maunder Minimum and the Little Ice Age” and “Tour of the Constellation Orion (Part 1)”
Net Control: Carolyn KC5OZT
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (2017)
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.
The Maunder Minimum and the Little Ice Age
Carbon14 and Activity Labels
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26169055_2243575615668609_7032382599771895182_n.jpg?oh=b5dc3915406273423f277d5adfafda4f&oe=5AF94472
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
Southwest, 75 Minutes Before Sunrise
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/01/2018-jan-6-morning-planets.jpg
Southeast, Before Dawn
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/01/2018-jan-6-antares-mars-jupiter.jpg
Southeast, Before Dawn
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2017/12/2018-jan-10-11-12-mars-jupiter.jpg
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Constellation Orion
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/26220862_2243501595676011_8719414631074632682_o.jpg?oh=fc9315727e4d70783c976e2a1e48ae03&oe=5ABD193A
Photo #1 Orion’s Belt
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26231652_2243501579009346_7355223446633897091_n.jpg?oh=33e574df4483c50e984e8c856f0bf0cb&oe=5AEB5C4F
Photo #2 Alnilam & NGC 1990
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26239445_2243501522342685_6406091555677065135_n.jpg?oh=91ad9d17305cdd35c0a807b52bdc1573&oe=5ABE6901
Photo #3 Orion’s Belt and Flame Nebula
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26169377_2243501569009347_4049557553857356120_n.jpg?oh=990141ce191b2d57f5224b05fc6840c8&oe=5ABC18D6
Photo #4 Flame Nebula (NGC 2024)
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26220146_2243501629009341_3936811569771381576_n.jpg?oh=5f79b8eb3187b87e1647c1d8978d1789&oe=5AB1E565
Photo #5 Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/26240505_2243501545676016_2346560407604282597_o.jpg?oh=de9aa8654f3e3135ffb9e863b03532b1&oe=5ABEB9A0
Photo #6 Reflection Nebula (M78)
https://scontent-dft4-3.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26168950_2243501512342686_8816855055143649034_n.jpg?oh=59dde68d569445a8a5588cbcc386d541&oe=5AF0F1B4
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Special star is a Rosetta Stone for understanding the sun’s variability and climate effect
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180105124010.htm
Tabby’s Star: Alien megastructure not the cause of dimming of the ‘most mysterious star in the universe’
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180103101133.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
Update on NASA’s Commercial Crew Program for 2018
Astronaut John Young Dies at 87
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
ISS
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=32.78333&lng=-96.8&loc=Dallas&alt=137&tz=CST&cul=en-GB
North Korean Satellite
http://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=32.78333&lng=-96.8&loc=Dallas&alt=137&tz=CST&cul=en-GB
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