Looking Up with Don

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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 #116 A Party of Planets Mar 21, 2022

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"The crescent moon makes a nice pattern with Venus, Mars, and Saturn on Monday morning, March 28"

-Don Machholz

LUWD #115 A Moonlit Messier Marathon Mar 15, 2022

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"You won't find any of this stuff published anywhere."

-Don Machholz

LUWD #114 A Close Look at the Moon Mar 08, 2022

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"Yes, they have seen the moon before, but now they can see the craters."

-Don Machholz

LUWD #113 The Winter Milky Way Mar 01, 2022

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"It is rich, very rich, with stars and star clusters."

-Don Machholz

LUWD #112 Galaxy NGC 891 Feb 23, 2022

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"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

LUWD #111 Accidental Visual Comet Discoveries Feb 15, 2022

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“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

LUWD #110 M1, M57, and Comets Feb 08, 2022

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"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

LUWD #109 Massive Marathon Feb 02, 2022

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"This is how the Massive Marathon was invented."

-Don Machholz

LUWD #108 The Pleiades Jan 25, 2022

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"I believe that moonlight is the real reason why Charles Messier missed M65 and M66."

-Don Machholz

LUWD #107 Starting Your Day at 2 AM Jan 17, 2022

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"I would rather be sweeping than sleeping".

-Don Machholz

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