SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Finding Life in the Universe” & “Constellation Taurus the Bull”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM:
“Curse of the Mayans” (2017)
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.
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Ellen Stofan
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Ellen_Stofan_%2810409828915%29.jpg
Opportunity on Mars
https://mars.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/8423_21472_pia22207_1280.jpg
Milky Way Galaxy Kepler Search
https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/284361main_kepler-target-region-galaxy_946-710.jpg
Next Mars Rover
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/m2020-rover-cad.jpg
James Webb Space Telescope
https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/1fb5d78/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280×960+0+0/resize/1280×960!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.newatlas.com%2Farchive%2Fjames-webb-space-telescope-0.jpg
Exoplanet Direct Imaging
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z46BBNcucYTJDg74YWekQP-1024-80.jpg
Claire Webb
https://titleix.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/Photo%20on%202-27-18%20at%202.48%20PM%20%232_0.jpg
Space Exploration and Space History
Monday 27
1829: Isaac Roberts born, pioneer astrophotographer
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Isaac_Roberts.png
1951: Beatrice Tinsley born (Astronomer and Cosmologist)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Beatrice_Tinsley.jpg
1967: Apollo 1 astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee die in cockpit fire on launch pad during test
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Apollo1-Crew_01.jpg
Tuesday, 28th
1611: Johannes Hevelius born
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Johannes_Hevelius%28close-up%29.jpg
1986: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, 7 astronauts die
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg
Wednesday 29th
1964: SA-5 launched, first Saturn I Block 2 rocket
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Seamans%2C_von_Braun_and_President_Kennedy_at_Cape_Canaveral_-_GPN-2000-001843.jpg
1989: Phobos 2 enters orbit around Mars
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Phobos_Marte.jpg
Thursday 30th
1964: Ranger 6 launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Ranger_6_lift_off_KSC-64PC-0002.jpg
Friday, 31st
1958: Explorer 1 launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Explorer1.jpg
1961: Mercury Redstone 2 suborbital flight with chimpanzee Ham
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Ham_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001007.jpg
1966: Luna 9 launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Luna_9_Musee_du_Bourget_P1010505.JPG
1971: Apollo 14 launched
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Apollo_14_Shepard.jpg
1985: ESA approves the Columbus program
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Columbus_module_-_cropped.jpg
1956: Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) established
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Army_Ballistic_Missile_Agency_Logo.png
1960: First Titan I launch
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiXkIGAvbHnAhVDRa0KHcEuCUIQjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHGM-25A_Titan_I&psig=AOvVaw3jd46UOkwxEhb-F-712AxY&ust=1580685083280561
2003: Space shuttle Columbia destroyed during reentry; 7 astronauts die
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Crew_of_STS-107%2C_official_photo.jpg
Waz Up?
First Skynet Script
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/84383481_4080341385325347_8153472069690982400_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ohc=OGcNqzOAiGEAX9SIQbj&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=b6ba4234660ed8a52133153646afac67&oe=5EC02A32
First Skynet Recording!
https://archive.org/details/DarcSkynet1-14-12
Cross Corners, Vernal equinox
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/84182053_4080341545325331_2820280868940021760_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ohc=n1LG76TuPfUAX-ApYHX&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=37a7b0d7c6348661cd9d22936b224ddb&oe=5EBEF3AB
Moon Phases – Ephemeris Table
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83588252_4080341601991992_7253236942945386496_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ohc=oEUEJDiGTrwAX_FIyXr&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=dcd58d2f1f0a0212a5e06a8963cca38b&oe=5EC245BF
Taurus the Bull – Moons Location
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83247040_4080341631991989_618294004349403136_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ohc=6ESWtTYv3cIAX9XGanQ&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=e6e0babb9f389eff70d82be654b317b8&oe=5ED3DBC3
Where is Venus and Mercury this Week?
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83302668_4080341701991982_7748758877641900032_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_ohc=wbXCsPyQRpQAX_DEvfn&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=0bb647eda982cc6fe48abb6ee18e1901&oe=5EC26408
TAS Saturday Observing Sessions
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83546613_4080341735325312_3883504193478066176_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_ohc=FWjCm2_dHD0AX_6tAeZ&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=d56a0587cc131ef2ee51be2d14c66b5c&oe=5EC14764
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month
Taurus the Bull
Constellation Map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Taurus_IAU.svg
Pleiades (M45)
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/j8grRwxWGHkXShsob5u9Ac-1024-80.jpg
Crab Nebula (M1)
http://www.astronomy.com/-/media/import/images/8/d/0/crabnebula4852.jpg?mw=1000&mh=800
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
Feb. 6
Soyuz • OneWeb 2
Launch time: 2142 GMT (4:42 p.m. EST)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch 34 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. Delayed from Nov. 20, Dec. 19, Jan. 23 and Jan. 30. [Jan. 26]
NET Feb. 9
Soyuz • Meridian M
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
A Russian government Soyuz rocket with a Fregat upper stage will launch a Meridian M communications satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Soyuz rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. Delayed from Jan. 24. [Jan. 26]
Feb. 9
Antares • NG-13
Launch time: 2239 GMT (5:39 p.m. EST)
Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia
A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the 14th Cygnus cargo freighter on the 13th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NG-13. The rocket will fly in the Antares 230 configuration, with two RD-181 first stage engines and a Castor 30XL second stage. Moved forward from April 20. Delayed from Feb. 7. [Jan. 10]
Feb. 9/10
Atlas 5 • Solar Orbiter
Launch time: 0403-0603 GMT on 10th (11:03 p.m.-1:03 a.m. EST on 9th/10th)
Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-087, will launch the Solar Orbiter spacecraft for NASA and the European Space Agency. Built by Airbus Defense and Space, Solar Orbiter, or SolO, will travel inside the orbit of Mercury to study how the sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the vast bubble of charged particles blown by the solar wind into the interstellar medium. The rocket will fly in the 411 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, one solid rocket booster and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from Feb. 5 and Feb. 7. [Jan. 31]
Mid-February
Falcon 9 • Starlink 4
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the fifth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 4. Delayed from January. [Jan. 21]
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Space Super-Storm Likelihood Estimated from Longest Period of Magnetic Field Observations
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200129104745.htm?fbclid=IwAR3vEGqKvi-VIdOMVT3uDxlw9j0SclAerEvKRvaIePAJcx_Pk3s-obafI8E
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
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