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 #106 Comets in 2022 Jan 11, 2022

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"Is it a bird, is it a plane? No kitty, that is the moon!"

-Don Machholz

LUWD #105 Mercury in the Evening Jan 04, 2022

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"This is a good week to look at the moon."

Don Machholz

LUWD #104 The Year’s First Meteor Shower Dec 28, 2021

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"In 1922 the IAU named 88 constellations; this must have been number 89."

-Don Machholz

LUWD #103 A Family of Comets Dec 21, 2021

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"The winter constellations are here, ready for another season of viewing."

Don Machholz

LUWD #102 Comet Leonard in the Evening Sky Dec 14, 2021

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"This could produce a meteor shower on Venus."

Don Machholz

LUWD #101 A Comet in the Twilight Zone Dec 07, 2021

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“When Albert Einstein was a boy, if he ever did anything stupidly, did people say to him: ‘hey, way to go, Einstein!’?”

-Don Machholz

LUWD #100 Comet Leonard Meets a Star Cluster Nov 30, 2021

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"Probably more penguins than people will see this eclipse. Those solar eclipse glasses will keep slipping off their ears."

Don Machholz

LUWD #0099 Ceres: Hiding in the Hyades Nov 22, 2021

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"The Antarcitia solar eclipse is on December 4. If you intend to see it, you should be heading out the door about now."

Don Machholz

LUWD #0098 Open Star Cluster M52 Nov 16, 2021

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"Well, I'm an astronomer, and to me a beautiful sunset sky has no clouds at all."

Don Machholz

LUWD #0097 Lunar Eclipse Nov 09, 2021

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"The moon could fit inside the earth's shadow if it wanted to."

Don Machholz

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