LUWD #0096 Gegenschein
“So now is a suitable time to see the gegenschein.” Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0095 See Some Comets This Week
“Comets are scattered around the sky.” Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0094 A Rhyming Messier Marathon Talk
“Charles Messier lived some two hundred years ago in France, from where he searched for comets, whenever he got the chance” Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0093 Observe the Moon Night
“Why stop with our moon? Show them Jupiter and Saturn and their moons too. A multi-moon evening.” Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0092 Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
“We’ll know in two weeks, when communication with Mars resumes, if Martians have visited our rovers.” Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0091 Distant Moons
“If you have a group of observers with you, take bets. The winner gets to choose which will be the next object to observe.” Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0090 Astro Imaging
I’m a bit behind in reading my astronomy magazines. I just read that there will be a total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. Did I miss it? Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0089 Tales of Mercury
“Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Wow, who comes up with these names?” -Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0088 Neptune
“Nearly 90,000 days in one year, I wonder how many holidays they have?” Don MachholzContinue Reading
LUWD #0087 That Bright Spotlight is Jupiter!
“It is there, but can you see it?” Don MachholzContinue Reading
