LUWD #0021 – Comet SWAN
2020-05-26
Look up to the north that’s Polaris Sheltered in place its not careless Neither setting nor risin’ Stuck above the horizon With no place to… DON MACHHOLZContinue Reading
LUWD #0020 – Comet SWAN, Comet ATLAS
2020-05-18
There once was a comet named ATLAS Whose magnitude curve showed flatness It fragmented and scattered At the time it most mattered And it… DON MACHHOLZContinue Reading
LUWD #0019 – Comet SWAN, Comet ATLAS, Right Ascension and Declination
2020-05-11
It’s right to learn Right Ascension And declination requires your attention They’ll take you to the place In shallow or deep space With little to no apprehension DON MACHHOLZContinue Reading
LUWD #0018 – Comet SWAN, discovering and confirming comets and asteroids, being sleep-deprived
2020-05-04
Learn the constellation Corvus It’s not enormous It represents a crow Seen better from down below From Spring into the summer Then it’s gone, what a bummer! DON MACHHOLZContinue Reading
LUWD #0017 – Comet ATLAS, Comet SWAN, Arcturus, Loma Prieta, Moon in my mirror
2020-04-28
Go out tonight to see Arcturus, Not as bright or blue as Sirius, It’s in Boötes you see, Above his left knee, A sight to behold for the curious DON MACHHOLZContinue Reading
