SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Vanishing Sunspots” and “Tour of the Constellation Corvus the Crow”
Net Control: Carolyn KC5OZT
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Solo: A Star Wars Story” (2018)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion topic of the evening.
“Vanishing Sunspots”
Sunspot Number Progression
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34483209_2473595492666619_4663979749222121472_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=6dae8cdee0573cd9ace68d8519a930d5&oe=5B7836B6
400 Years of Sunspot Observations
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34274817_2473595462666622_1325044865909653504_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=71cf7d0194e07ea2b6115622e94e91cc&oe=5BB4A514
What can you see in the sky over the next couple of weeks?
South, Predawn/Dawn Sky
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2018/06/2018-june-1-2-3-moon-saturn-mars.jpg
A featured constellation or object(s) or topic.
Constellation Corvus the Crow
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34158582_2473582396001262_230144581310611456_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=8190f9c5e3644809fbeed80863b695d2&oe=5B88A6C5
Photo #1 Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038 & NGC 4039)
Photo #2 Barred Spiral Galaxy (NGC 4027)
Photo #3 Planetary Nebula (NGC 4361)
Recent Astronomical discoveries
Large Magellanic Cloud: A Crowded Neighborhood
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180530113141.htm
Cosmic Collision Lights up the Darkness
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180531114608.htm
Space Exploration and Space History
Dawn Mission: New Orbit, New Opportunities
Ceres: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/images/largesize/PIA22476_hires.jpg
CubeSats Steer Towards Mars
MarCO: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/marco/20180601/marco-home.jpg
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
Hubble Space Telescope
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=20580&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT
Envisat
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=27386&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT
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