SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “The Voyager Missions (Part 3)” and “Tour of the Constellation Ursa Major”
Net Control: Kelley K5KTX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Starship Invasions” (1977)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion topic of the evening.
The Voyager Missions (Part 3)
Voyager Interstellar Mission, the Pale Blue Dot, and the Golden Record
Artist concept Voyager: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/pia17462_3.jpg
Voyager 1 and 2 Trajectory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#/media/File:Voyager_Path.svg
Voyager instruments: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/assets/images/instruments_3.jpg
Voyager 1 goes interstellar: https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA17046.jpg
Heliosphere (2013): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere#/media/File:Transitional_regions.jpg
Golden Record Diagram: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/golden-record-cover/
Voyager spacecraft with Golden Record: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/assets/images/golden-record/voyager.jpg
Websites for Voyager:
Voyager mission status: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/
DSN Now: https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn/dsn.html
Golden Record website: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
Southeast to Southwest, Before Dawn
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/04/2018-april21-mars-saturn-antares-jupiter.jpg
Lyrid Meteors Radiant
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/04/lyrid-meteor-radiant-point-e1524163769176.jpg
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Constellation Ursa Major
Constellation Ursa Major Sky Map
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31144249_2408401652519337_7250059266823047265_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeGOdpYxQ0PugeRIEMC8ZvJg-Pk6RCNwRf_juzgcgJQeNaOYKM3CkVAHkvWRs9SuUTr8eHo1U1AucJbKoS9ZRdO5vXBnW1hfx7JBVETHBplT_A&oh=a64a68ffd7b5dc418fe11c369826a7a6&oe=5B5C0AA1
Photo #5 Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31081627_2408400039186165_7246662564861936740_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeHMSexfmNqKllL-htT9_pmVAnfkudwlIy4Q_fMSdG8dvzjjgrk5vBNDbwqYS_ymNIAcUkIKx83CHx87c6jQBzWMT0UsdOFDwlNIpt7pCS1fKA&oh=727f5396843cebc0980aa1ab3e511629&oe=5B720504
Photo #6 Barred Spiral Galaxy (M108)
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/31143829_2408399982519504_3876598157542242715_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeFUQajoru-N3Hu6CLe5r6YawP0CExavw_CQ11JGUsztCjiWR0mcahYmh6lMELwCBv3o41O2Z8m8HBLdTDQB3FwGhrcBcyOV3qgsEYvjfQv3Bw&oh=0cf3d299be8adb97eca96786fbe003ae&oe=5B5ECA02
Photo #7 Barred Spiral Galaxy (M109)
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30728456_2408400015852834_7538177813146856230_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeGvxTffArXUpFgTm2oBSouQ3kkwBH2BbE_OO6Z8nvcmLUmIKR3tYsP9aJnmqFvvasvMCZwMgM4hm6nQ_1v5m9bnKAHS2MXFQSxI3hrZIeoNbg&oh=3670a121bc7690b1c3a5db04382d393e&oe=5B9BF626
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Meteorite Diamonds Tell of a Lost Planet
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180418144810.htm
Martian Moons Model Indicates Formation Following Large Impact
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180418141514.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
TESS Launches to Find Exoplanets
TESS spacecraft: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/tess_with_techs_4000.jpg
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
Hubble Space Telescope
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