SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Voyager Missions (Part 2)” and “Tour of the Constellation Cancer”
Net Control: Kelley K5KTX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” (1985)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
Live Video Streams: Facebook & Youtube – Search “DARC” & “Skynet”
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion topic of the evening.
“The Voyager Missions (Part 2)
Voyager Illustration
https://astronomyisawesome.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/10-cool-facts-on-the-nasa-deep-space-network-voyager-trip.jpg
Voyager Grand Tour
http://m.cdn.blog.hu/mu/musicpress/image/voyager-travel.jpg
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
South, Nightfall
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2011/03/11mar26_430.jpg
Spotting Sirius
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2012/03/orion_belt_points_sirius.jpg
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Constellation Cancer the Crab
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/28698830_2350345458324957_6142969852035244248_o.jpg?oh=ea6417a24d7879fde497f97b6627b2a0&oe=5B2D4925
Photo #1 The Beehive Cluster (M44)
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29261694_2350343778325125_3945711132210025895_n.jpg?oh=fe0c27e90228e44e431e8ecad634ee2f&oe=5B31C95B
Photo #2 Open Cluster (M67)
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29261694_2350343778325125_3945711132210025895_n.jpg?oh=fe0c27e90228e44e431e8ecad634ee2f&oe=5B31C95B
Photo #3 Unbarred Spiral Galaxy (NGC 2775)
https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/29313549_2350343854991784_638086347028017348_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=fcf07c6ff91694467474fdc94fb3cfb1&oe=5B314A3F
Recent Astronomical discoveries
15 new planets confirmed around cool dwarf stars
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180312085057.htm
Arrested development: Hubble finds relic galaxy close to home
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/03/180312141528.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
TSIS-1 mission on the ISS
Fake news about the astronaut twin 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
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