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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30 PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “3 Remote Observatories” & Constellation “Virgo the Maiden”
Net Control: Billye (KF5PDS)
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “War of the Worlds” (2005)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
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Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Remote observatories for the public are automated, computer-controlled telescope facilities that users can access via the internet. They allow stargazers and astrophotographers to capture images of the cosmos or gather scientific data remotely, entirely bypassing the need to travel to dark, remote locations.
Three Remote Observatories