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"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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Looking Up with Don
Don Machholz · Tech & Science · English
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
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LUWD #136 Saturn at Opposition
"Look for the Seeliger effect, when the rings brighten for a few days."Don Machholz
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LUWD #135 A 1988 Comet Discovery
"We had quite a few people there to see it."Don Machholz
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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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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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