SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Landsat: A Better Sense of Where We Are” & “Constellation Hercules” 9PM CT
Net Control: Tony NT5TM
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” (1983)
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion topic of the evening.
Landsat: A Better Sense of Where We Are
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Island_of_Hawai%27i_-_Landsat_mosaic.jpg
Index Chart GTS India-1
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/1870_Index_Chart_to_GTS_India-1.jpg
Landsat 1, 2, and 3
1972, 1975, 1978
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/Landsat3.jpg
Landsat 4 and 5
1982, 1984
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Landsat5.jpg
Landsat 6
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Landsat-6.jpg
Landsat 7
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Landsat7photo.jpg
Landsat 8
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97
Landsat_Data_Continuity_Mission_Observatory_testing.jpg/597px
Landsat_Data_Continuity_Mission_Observatory_testing.jpg
Landsat 9 expected in 2023 (or perhaps late 2020?)
A few more details about program history can be found here:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/b996854dff612c628850eafdd628dcec.png
An extreme example: the shrinking of the Aral Sea between 1989 and 2014
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/AralSea1989_2014.jpg
A short case study
Click to access Fire__Case-Studies2018.pdf
A fun, but challenging website
If you want to play with and download some data, check out https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Waz Up?
Chaz has the latest on what you can see in the sky this week as well as celestial viewing tips.
Check the video stream for photos and charts.
Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
Hubble: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1919a-f-3840×2160.png
Space/NASA History:
In space history this week…
July 29:
1878:
Total Solar Eclipse Observed from Fort Worth, TX
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth28039/m1/1/med_res/
1958:
Dwight D. Eisenhower Signs National Aeronautics and Space Act
https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/thisdayintech/2010/07/072908_dayintechNASAike_630px.jpg
July 30:
1971:
Apollo 15 Lands on Moon
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Apollo_15_flag%2C_rover%2C_LM%2C_Irwin.jpg/1920px-Apollo_15_flag%2C_rover%2C_LM%2C_Irwin.jpg
July 31:
1964:
Ranger 7 Makes Crash Landing on Moon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_7#/media/File:The_Ranger_Spacecraft_GPN-2000-001979.jpg
1969:
Mariner 6 Closest Approach to Mars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_6_and_7#/media/File:Mariner_6-7.png
2008:
Phoenix Mars Lander Identifies Water in Martian Soil Sample
http://www.spaceq.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Mars-Phoenix-pia09344-hires-625×391.jpg
August 1:
1786:
Caroline Herschel Discovers First comet
https://media.sciencephoto.com/image/v7000163/800wm/V7000163Caroline_Herschel_s_first_comet,_1786.jpg
August 2:
1971:
David Scott (Apollo 15) Demonstrates Gravity on the Moon
2004:
August 3:
Messenger Spacecraft Launched into Space
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Tonight’s Constellation is Hercules
Photo #1 Constellation Hercules
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/67772916_3486448888047936_2727721407428427776_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_oc=AQnpevM__HGKxl36RZKuL_GPbgZPePm6-edTim8ukI4pEPd3wUiKm5HiZXw7ckXxZ1U&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=bb4c1492e174a3cc7d02ff261f980a5e&oe=5DD3CB52
Photo #2 The Great Globular Cluster (M13)
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/68370400_3486449058047919_463513364505559040_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQm_xnLCKv5LvlgOBgbuwItck83Cl9jwPJW4i0BK_eSeI09for64ppXD0i8FAy4IlhM&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=e89268e2d61cfe95dcacae7bd155ab87&oe=5DA77C22
Photo #3 Globular Cluster (M92)
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/67420270_3486449248047900_3223956903696531456_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_oc=AQkLaz7mXAwuA8aMPqfNUj-gMRpLSIEhnEsPfvd9DRtb5qs-Qq69uKbIOBZheGq1c9w&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=284a41a7c5b6ff9f3ecf0dd9fbb2522d&oe=5DD85FEF
Photo #4 Abell 2151 (Hercules Galactic Cluster)
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/67724280_3486449344714557_8826406093929316352_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQlR6eaAvoUwPNhDIGYpXZKmOkT7exBWq5PgMxQa4CJhOLNicY_pMUGt66VvT_qOVWM&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=6efb6dc4d4a6e87bdee2f44f22d92810&oe=5DA1DDF8
Recent Astronomical discoveries
TESS Satellite Uncovers its First Nearby Super-Earth
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190731125430.htm?fbclid=IwAR1VCTvVp3bDBvkOVsqlvtBhs0E5bWuDIppLE_mrfU_9nEJ1JVTbXeBPtsM
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
ISS
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST
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