8 Aug 2022 · 25 min
LUWD #136 Saturn at Opposition
"Look for the Seeliger effect, when the rings brighten for a few days."Don Machholz
Podcast · Tech & Science
Looking Up with Don
by Don Machholz · English · Tech & Science
Explore the universe with Don Machholz, the world’s leading visual discoverer of comets. Featuring astronomy education and detailed, first-hand accounts of his comet discoveries, Looking Up with Don was recorded weekly until his death on August 9, 2022, and remains available worldwide, with listener
- New episodes
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 22 min
- Latest
- 8 Aug 2022
- Language
- English
Latest episode
Earlier episodes 29 most recent
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2 Aug 2022 · 24 min
LUWD #135 A 1988 Comet Discovery
"We had quite a few people there to see it."Don Machholz
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27 Jul 2022 · 9 min
LUWD #134 Two Summer Meteor Showers
"So these next couple of weeks may be your best chance to see them."Don Machholz
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12 Jul 2022 · 18 min
LUWD #132 Summertime Views
"The Summer Milky Way is now visible and with the warmer nights it is easy to stay out past midnight."Don Machholz
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4 Jul 2022 · 21 min
LUWD #131 The Story About a 1994 Comet Discovery
"At 2:47 AM I picked up a fuzzy object, about magnitude 10."Don Machholz
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29 Jun 2022 · 18 min
LUWD #130 Image the Moon This Week
"This would be a good week to image the moon each night through a small telescope."Don Machholz
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13 Jun 2022 · 13 min
LUWD #128 So Many Planets, So Little Time
"Quite often, when I'm the smartest person in the room, I'm by myself."Don Machholz
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7 Jun 2022 · 16 min
LUWD #127 Not Even An Inkling of Twinkling
"The stars twinkle, the planets do not."Don Machholz
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1 Jun 2022 · 11 min
LUWD #126 The Arietids Meteor Shower
"We have a meteor shower coming up this week that almost no one knows about, but it is one of the most active of the year.” Don Machholz
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24 May 2022 · 40 min
LUWD #125 Possibly a Great Meteor Shower?
"It is a matter of watching and waiting." Don Machholz
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17 May 2022 · 15 min
LUWD #124 The Virgo Galaxies
"These were cataloged by Charles Messier in 1781." Don Machholz
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10 May 2022 · 26 min
LUWD #123 A Total Lunar Eclipse
When the moon is in the umbra, it is hidden from the sundra." Don Machholz
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26 Apr 2022 · 23 min
LUWD #121 The Moon, Mercury, M45, and Maybe a Comet
"This week the hotspot is the evening sky." Don Machholz
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21 Apr 2022 · 16 min
LUWD #120 A Line-up of Planets
"Set the alarm and bring the camera." Don Machholz
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11 Apr 2022 · 22 min
LUWD #119 Amateur and Professional Astronomers
"I have been an amateur astronomer since I was about 8 years old and took an interest in astronomy." Don Machholz
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5 Apr 2022 · 21 min
LUWD #118 The Straight Wall
"It is one of the most interesting features on the moon." -Don Machholz
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29 Mar 2022 · 14 min
LUWD #117 Mars and Saturn in the Morning Sky
"And the colors should differ, especially when seen through binoculars or a telescope." -Don Machholz
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21 Mar 2022 · 29 min
LUWD #116 A Party of Planets
"The crescent moon makes a nice pattern with Venus, Mars, and Saturn on Monday morning, March 28" -Don Machholz
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15 Mar 2022 · 33 min
LUWD #115 A Moonlit Messier Marathon
"You won't find any of this stuff published anywhere." -Don Machholz
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8 Mar 2022 · 18 min
LUWD #114 A Close Look at the Moon
"Yes, they have seen the moon before, but now they can see the craters." -Don Machholz
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1 Mar 2022 · 20 min
LUWD #113 The Winter Milky Way
"It is rich, very rich, with stars and star clusters." -Don Machholz
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23 Feb 2022 · 26 min
LUWD #112 Galaxy NGC 891
"May our galaxy wrap its arms around you. I bet no one had ever said that to you before. In fact, it is already doing that." -Don Machholz
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15 Feb 2022 · 31 min
LUWD #111 Accidental Visual Comet Discoveries
“ This was a sweet spot for such discoveries: after many visual comet hunters left the field, and before the government-funded sky surveys took over. ” -Don Machholz
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8 Feb 2022 · 20 min
LUWD #110 M1, M57, and Comets
"In Messier's case it was known comets leading to new Messier Objects. Centuries later it was known Messier Objects leading to new comets." -Don Machholz
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2 Feb 2022 · 25 min
LUWD #109 Massive Marathon
"This is how the Massive Marathon was invented." -Don Machholz
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25 Jan 2022 · 22 min
LUWD #108 The Pleiades
"I believe that moonlight is the real reason why Charles Messier missed M65 and M66." -Don Machholz
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17 Jan 2022 · 26 min
LUWD #107 Starting Your Day at 2 AM
"I would rather be sweeping than sleeping". -Don Machholz
About Looking Up with Don
Explore the universe with Don Machholz, the world’s leading visual discoverer of comets. Featuring astronomy education and detailed, first-hand accounts of his comet discoveries, Looking Up with Don was recorded weekly until his death on August 9, 2022, and remains available worldwide, with listener
Looking Up with Don is a English tech & science podcast from Don Machholz. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.
- Publisher
- Don Machholz
- Language
- English
- Category
- Tech & Science
- New episodes
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 22 min
- Latest episode
- 8 Aug 2022
- Feed
- RSS — paste into any podcast app
- Apple Podcasts
- podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1494256705
- Rights
- © The Donald Machholz Estate
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