StarChair 3000

By: Donald Machholz

On: January 8, 2020

A few years ago I was given a StarChair 3000 and today I utilize it to scan the skies in the high desert of Northern Arizona.

Don Machholz utilizes a StarChair 3000 to scan the skies for comets.

Homemade 5″ binoculars, weighing about 150 lbs and 10-inch reflector on an English Yoke mount

Astronomy Conference Badges from the 1970’s and 1980’s

Don Machholz Circa 1985

Don Machholz

David Levy, Jean Mueller, Don Machholz, Alan Hale

Don Machholz

IAU Comet Confirmation

Testing StarChair 3000

Astronomy Meme 2019

Don Machholz, Rodney Austin, and Doug Berger in New Zealand for Halley’s Comet, April 1986

Howard Brewington and Don Machholz Circa 2015

Talk at East Valley Astronomy Club – Arizona Circa 2019

Comet Discoverer Card Circa 1983

Don Machholz Circa 2012

Dave Seargent, Don Machholz, Patrick Stonehouse, Keith Tritton, Alan Hale, Doug Biesecker, George Alcock, Bill Liller, Michael Jäger, Kesao Takamizawa and Kazimieras Cernis

Don Machholz

Don Machholz and Jean Mueller

Don Machholz

Dr Brian Marsden with Don Machholz at the location from where I found my second comet in 1985 Circa 1991

Podcast Host Don Machholz Circa 2020

Media Comet Machholz Circa 2005

My Parents, Doris Machholz and Donald Machholz, Sr. Circa 2014

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