LUWD #0004 – Moonlight, the Messier Objects, and a Marathon

By: Donald Machholz

On: January 27, 2020

Tagged: Auriga, Betelgeuse, Charles Messier, M103, M36, M37, M38, Messier Marathon, moonlight

Donald Machholz

Moonlight’s influence on astronomy, Charles Messier and his Objects, and the Messier Marathon.

Podcast 4 Star Map 2

Podcast 4, Star Map 1

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

Don Machholz

Don Machholz

Don Machholz Circa 2012

Talk at East Valley Astronomy Club – Arizona Circa 2019

Don Machholz and Jean Mueller

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

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

Don Machholz

Comet Discoverer Card Circa 1983

Astronomy Meme 2019

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

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 Circa 1985

IAU Comet Confirmation

Testing StarChair 3000

Don Machholz

Howard Brewington and Don Machholz Circa 2015

Media Comet Machholz Circa 2005

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

Podcast Host Don Machholz Circa 2020

David Levy, Jean Mueller, Don Machholz, Alan Hale

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