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Don Machholz

Homemade binoculars Don used to discover #96p, 2 deg S of M31. The song, “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins was playing on the radio.

Believing is what keeps this visual comet discoverer going. Don talks via Skype to Michigan astronomy enthusiasts at the Headlands International Dark Sky Park. Thanks @headlandsstars pic.twitter.com/oaAJ9mVOaL

— Donald Machholz (@cometmachholz) July 29, 2017

Comet 96P/Machholz "Strangest comet ever found," Bob Berman @Slooh @willgater Next perihelion: October 27, 2017 pic.twitter.com/UmkSYdQOQw

— Donald Machholz (@cometmachholz) August 1, 2017
2022-01-27

Comet Hunters Astronomers Explorers

David Levy, Jean Mueller, Don Machholz, Alan Hale
Howard Brewington and Don Machholz Circa 2015
Dave Seargent, Don Machholz, Patrick Stonehouse, Keith Tritton, Alan Hale, Doug Biesecker, George Alcock, Bill Liller, Michael Jäger, Kesao Takamizawa and Kazimieras Cernis
My Parents, Doris Machholz and Donald Machholz, Sr. Circa 2014
Don Machholz and Jean Mueller
Don Machholz at Loma Prieta, California Circa 1986
Astronomy Conference Badges from the 1970’s and 1980’s
Don Machholz
Comet Discoverer Card Circa 1983
Jill Tarter SETI and Don Machholz Circa 2010
Don with StarChair 3000 Circa 2019
Don Machholz, Rodney Austin, and Doug Berger in New Zealand for Halley’s Comet, April 1986
Astronomy Meme 2019
Talk at East Valley Astronomy Club – Arizona Circa 2019
Don Machholz Circa 1985
Podcast Host Don Machholz Circa 2020

Stargazer Arizona Observatory

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