SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “4 Things That Currently Break the Speed of Light Barrier” and “Tour of the Constellation Orion (Part 2)”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“The Brain from Planet Arous” (1957)
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”
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion topic of the evening.
4 Things That Currently Break the Speed of Light Barrier
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
From EarthSky.org:
http://www.earthsky.org/tonight
U.S. Naval Observatory: What You Can See in the Sky This Week
http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/tours-events/sky-this-week/the-sky-this-week
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Constellation Orion
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26230788_2254042621288575_2649045742198568509_n.jpg?oh=8de52e59bf240647840e6e41e9f0aa52&oe=5AED03C0
Photo #1 Orion Constellation Photo
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26731020_2254043147955189_1918319953791949645_n.jpg?oh=e4c08dce6a447ce4b1c48ce10d52745f&oe=5AF87F96
Photo #2 Rigel & Witch Nebula
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18555974_2254043174621853_8158944583853096323_n.jpg?oh=0e3cbbb5e707ae25cf58c2be23f0bc77&oe=5AFDAD2F
Photo #3 V380 Orionis & NGC 1999
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26219467_2254043187955185_3382889106179980619_n.jpg?oh=3a18ab82cbea6c8b1dc98f58809c8872&oe=5AE9A645
Photo #4 Orion Nebula (M42)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26238870_2254043071288530_6638426394339740282_n.jpg?oh=120b913f8730fe8152b91d12af793051&oe=5AE03521
Photo #5 Trapezium Cluster
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26733360_2254043191288518_4541271709850437825_n.jpg?oh=2606c47c45ad8655d3e2dedff627cd81&oe=5AFA101F
Photo #6 De Mairan’s Nebula (M43)
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26231443_2254043054621865_8553908480557386143_n.jpg?oh=68af104bb90173c65aab73cbc952eaa3&oe=5AB45375
Photo #7 Barnard’s Loop
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26907726_2254043074621863_7804403115927570630_n.jpg?oh=1ef4e3701e048c2f27c6422d46a7a4a7&oe=5AF9DC3F
Orion A Molecular Cloud
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26230959_2254043114621859_1068545999226783832_n.jpg?oh=6796c49964be6c0e9df56e75bde4e18e&oe=5AB30D46
Orion A Cloud Complex Details
https://scontent-dft4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26230113_2254043151288522_3125885442777673406_n.jpg?oh=9043edc22d03818a46577793f475ec30&oe=5AB38D62
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Black Hole Spin Cranks-up Radio Volume
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180112095929.htm
Swarm of Hydrogen Clouds Flying Away From Center of the Milky Way
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180110163212.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
No Planets Required (A New NASA Study)
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
Jan. 19th