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LUWD #0057 The Orion Nebula

2021-02-02
By: Donald Machholz
On: February 2, 2021

You could start the February Messier Marathon three hours after twilight and not miss a thing. – DON MACHHOLZListen Now

LUWD #0044 How Many Hours Does It Take To Discover a Comet?

2020-11-03
By: Donald Machholz
On: November 3, 2020

That’s right, one eye looking through the telescope and one eye looking for meteors. Multi-task. DON MACHHOLZListen Now

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LUWD #0034 Visual Comet Discovery, Dr. Edgar Everhart

2020-08-25
By: Donald Machholz
On: August 25, 2020

This is the type of study that helped to direct comet hunters where to search. DON MACHHOLZListen Now

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LUWD #0007 – The Pleiades and the Messier Marathon Search Sequence

2020-02-17
By: Donald Machholz
On: February 17, 2020

Pleiades, Messier Marathon Search SequenceListen Now

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LUWD #0006 – A Comet Hunting Theory and the Messier Marathon Search Sequence

2020-02-10
By: Donald Machholz
On: February 10, 2020

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Comet Hunters Astronomers Explorers

Don Machholz Circa 2012
Don Machholz and Jean Mueller
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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
David Levy, Jean Mueller, Don Machholz, Alan Hale
Podcast Host Don Machholz Circa 2020
Don Machholz
Testing StarChair 3000
Don Machholz, Rodney Austin, and Doug Berger in New Zealand for Halley’s Comet, April 1986
Homemade 5″ binoculars, weighing about 150 lbs and 10-inch reflector on an English Yoke mount
Dr Brian Marsden with Don Machholz at the location from where I found my second comet in 1985 Circa 1991
My Parents, Doris Machholz and Donald Machholz, Sr. Circa 2014
Howard Brewington and Don Machholz Circa 2015
Astronomy Meme 2019
Talk at East Valley Astronomy Club – Arizona Circa 2019
Don Machholz
Media Comet Machholz Circa 2005
Comet Discoverer Card Circa 1983
IAU Comet Confirmation
Astronomy Conference Badges from the 1970’s and 1980’s

Stargazer Arizona Observatory

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