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LUWD #0045 The Leonids Meet the Moonless Morning Sky

2020-11-11
By: Donald Machholz
On: November 11, 2020

Comets came from all over the place. DON MACHHOLZListen Now

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LUWD #0037 A Decade of Comets, Doug Berger

2020-09-15
By: Donald Machholz
On: September 15, 2020

Here is the surprising thing: 21 of the 26 individuals found their first comet during this decade, 1975 through 1984 DON MACHHOLZListen Now

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LUWD #0033 Remote Telescope Rental, SLOOH, Delphinus, comets

2020-08-19
By: Donald Machholz
On: August 19, 2020

This pod is a dolphin name Delphinus Hiding in the Milky Way, due to its shyness Near the star Altair, one of the brightest UpListen Now

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LUWD #0015 – Comet ATLAS, Lyrids, and Loma Prieta

2020-04-14
By: Donald Machholz
On: April 14, 2020

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LUWD #0013 – Private Star Parties, Comet Atlas, Venus Meets the Pleiades

2020-03-31
By: Donald Machholz
On: March 31, 2020

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Strangest Comet Ever Found!

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

I Believe in Comets

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

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Comet Hunters Astronomers Explorers

Dr Brian Marsden with Don Machholz at the location from where I found my second comet in 1985 Circa 1991
Media Comet Machholz Circa 2005
IAU Comet Confirmation
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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
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Howard Brewington and Don Machholz Circa 2015
Comet Discoverer Card Circa 1983
David Levy, Jean Mueller, Don Machholz, Alan Hale
Podcast Host Don Machholz Circa 2020
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Don Machholz and Jean Mueller
Don Machholz, Rodney Austin, and Doug Berger in New Zealand for Halley’s Comet, April 1986
Jill Tarter SETI and Don Machholz Circa 2010
Don Machholz Circa 2012
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Homemade 29×130 Binoculars

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

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Messier Marathon Search Sequence

LUWD #0008 – Messier Marathon Search Sequence

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