SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “United States National Radio Quiet Zone” and “Supernova’s First Light”
Net Control: Billye KF5PDS
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“The 4D Man” 1958
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.
United States National Radio Quiet Zone
NRQZ Map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/National_Radio_Quiet_Zone.svg
Warning Sign
Radio Telescope
https://swling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Creager_large.jpg
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
South to Overhead, Evening
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/02/2018-feb-24-winter-circle.jpg
Winter Circle
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2013/02/Winter_circle.jpg
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Supernova’s First Light
(SN) 2016gkg in Galaxy NGC 613
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/02/SN-2016gkg.jpg
Photo Analysis
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/02/SN-2016gkg-Victor-Buso.png
Recent Astronomical discoveries
On second thought, the Moon’s water may be widespread and immobile
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180223122335.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
Seven Ways Mars InSight is Different
Artist concept of InSight annotated: https://mars.nasa.gov/imgs/2015/12/InSight-instruments-artist-concept-PIA17358-annotated-full.jpg
InSight’s landing site: https://mars.nasa.gov/imgs/2018/01/PIA22232-full.jpg
InSight in testing room: https://mars.nasa.gov/images/Mars-InSight-Solar-Panels-Open-pia196641-full.jpg
Interior structure of Earth, Mars, Moon: https://mars.nasa.gov/system/resources/detail_files/21411_insight-pie-charts.jpg
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
ISS
Feb. 25th
Feb. 28th
Tiangong 1
Feb. 28th
Envisat
Feb. 28th
Mar. 3rd
[…] And while amateur radio operators are pretty neat, amateur astronomers are pretty neat, too. Victor Buso of Argentina was testing his new camera setup when he caught a supernova at the moment it happened! I bet this is going to be discussed tonight on SKYNET. […]