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LUWD #131 The Story About a 1994 Comet Discovery

By: Donald Machholz
On: July 4, 2022
Tagged: #astronomy, #Machholz, #podcast
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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:21:24 | Recorded on July 4, 2022

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“At 2:47 AM I picked up a fuzzy object, about magnitude 10.”

Don Machholz
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2022-07-04

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

The homemade 29×130 binoculars I used to discover #96p, 2 deg S of M31. The song “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins was playing on the radio.

LUWD #0008 – Messier Marathon Search Sequence

LUWD #0008 – Messier Marathon Search Sequence

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Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00:25:06 | Recorded on February 25, 2020

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