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**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 listeners of all experience levels continuing to journey through the solar system and beyond.

Latest Episodes:

LUWD #136 Saturn at Opposition Aug 08, 2022

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"Look for the Seeliger effect, when the rings brighten for a few days."

Don Machholz

LUWD #135 A 1988 Comet Discovery Aug 02, 2022

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"We had quite a few people there to see it."

Don Machholz

LUWD #134 Two Summer Meteor Showers Jul 27, 2022

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"So these next couple of weeks may be your best chance to see them."

Don Machholz

LUWD #133 Your July Observing List Jul 18, 2022

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"Start with the bright stars."

Don Machholz

LUWD #132 Summertime Views Jul 12, 2022

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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

LUWD #131 The Story About a 1994 Comet Discovery Jul 04, 2022

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"At 2:47 AM I picked up a fuzzy object, about magnitude 10."

Don Machholz

LUWD #130 Image the Moon This Week Jun 29, 2022

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"This would be a good week to image the moon each night through a small telescope."

Don Machholz

LUWD #129 M4 and M80 Jun 22, 2022

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"Two globular clusters in Scorpius"

Don Machholz

LUWD #128 So Many Planets, So Little Time Jun 13, 2022

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"Quite often, when I'm the smartest person in the room, I'm by myself."

Don Machholz

LUWD #127 Not Even An Inkling of Twinkling Jun 07, 2022

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"The stars twinkle, the planets do not."

Don Machholz

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