SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Pioneers of Radio Astronomy” & “The Transit of Mercury”
Net Control: Tony NT5TM
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: November’s Crappy TV Pilots Month: “The Solarnauts” (1967)
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Pioneers of Radio Astronomy
Very Large Array Telescope
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/USA.NM.VeryLargeArray.02.jpg
Karl Jansky
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Karl_Jansky.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Janksy_Karl_radio_telescope.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Guthe_Jansky
Janksy Radio Telescope
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Janksy_Karl_radio_telescope.jpg
Wiki on Grote Reber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Reber
Green Banks Radio Telescope
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Green_Banks_-_Grote_Reber_Radio_Telescope.jpg
Grote Antenna Array
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Grote_Antenna_Wheaton.gif
Grote Reber
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Grote_Reber.gif
John Kraus, W8JK
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/John_D._Kraus_QSL_card%2C_1933._Arlington_Boulevard%2C_Ann_Arbor%2C_Michigan..jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Kraus
Ohio State “Big Ear”
http://www.bigear.org/hotspots.htm
Large Horn Antenna
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Horn_Antenna-in_Holmdel%2C_New_Jersey.jpeg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmdel_Horn_Antenna
Martin Ryle
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/54/Martin_Ryle.jpg
Antony Hewish
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/images/antony-hewish-1.jpg
VLBA Radio Astronomy
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/M87_VLA_VLBA_radio_astronomy.jpg
Space Exploration and Space History
Insight Continues Digging on Mars
InSight: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/insight20191027-1041.gif
Live Coverage of CST-100 Starliner Pad Abort Test (Monday, Nov. 4th 8 AM CST)
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/dsc_0868.jp
Space/NASA History:
In space history this week…
October 29, 1998:
Space Shuttle STS-95 Launches with John Glenn on Board
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/174537main_glenn_john_hr_1.jpg
October 30, 1964:
Joseph Albert Walker Flies LLRV
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Joseph_Albert_Walker.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Lunar_Landing_Research_Vehicle_No._2_in_1967_%28ECN-1606%29.jpg/1280px-Lunar_Landing_Research_Vehicle_No._2_in_1967_%28ECN-1606%29.jpg
October 31:
1936: JPL Conducts First Liquid Fueled Rocket Test
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Site_du_JPL_en_Californie.jpg/1280px-Site_du_JPL_en_Californie.jpg
https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/123469main_1724-lg.jpg
November 2, 2000:
Expedition 1 Crew Docks with ISS
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/ISS-Expedition_1-crew.jpg/1280px-ISS-Expedition_1-crew.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/S97e5009.jpg/1920px-S97e5009.jpg
Waz Up?
East, November Mid-Evening
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2013/11/2013-november-south-taurid-meteor-night-sky-chart.jpg
Southwest, Nov. 2, 2019
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2019/11/2019-Nov-02-Saturn-Jupiter-night-sky-1.jpg
Eliot Herman Taurid Photo 2016
https://en.es-static.us/upl/2016/11/meteor-Taurid-10-28-2016-Eliot-Herman-e1477768038135.jpg
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week
The Transit of Mercury! Don’t miss this one. Next will occur Nov 13 2032.
Here is a link to a method for determining the distance from the Earth to the Sun using data obtained from the transit of Mercury.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6luwsm7tgmxz7e7/ToM%20and%20the%20AU%20%28public%20vesion%29.pdf?dl=0
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
NovemberKuaizhou 1A • KL-Alpha
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Jiuquan, China
A Chinese Kuaizhou 1A rocket will launch two small satellites known only by the name KL-Alpha. The purpose of the satellites has not been disclosed. [Oct. 29]
Nov. 11Falcon 9 • Starlink 1
Launch time: Approx. 1500 GMT (10 a.m. EST)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the second batch of approximately 60 satellites for
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Scientists May Have Discovered a Whole New Class of Black Holes
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191031154923.htm?fbclid=IwAR347S6ZyNh4On0-vk6ipil1vJeUdl2HVf_k7rvKmlFaA2X4rIqn9-xIOAk
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
North Korean Satellite
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST
Hubble Space Telescope
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=20580&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST