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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 #0076 The Eye and the Sky Jun 15, 2021

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Do something to improve your eyesight, it is cheaper than buying a bigger telescope.

-Don Machholz

LUWD #0075 Unwrapping Sky Mapping Jun 09, 2021

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Venus and the moon together in our evening sky. A challenge worth a try.

Don Machholz

LUWD #0074 An Eclipse at the Top of the World Jun 02, 2021

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Maybe Santa will give the elves the day off.

- Don Machholz

LUWD #0073 Coordinating Everything in the Sky May 25, 2021

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I once owned a 2010 Equinox, but now we are talking about motorized vehicles. Let's get back to the sky's equinox, which travels much more slowly, and lasts longer.

-Don Machholz

LUWD #0072 Total Lunar Eclipse May 19, 2021

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At this point, you might say: “You call this an eclipse?” Good call, the moon is barely inside the earth’s shadow.

- Don Machholz

LUWD #0071 Constellation Location and Identification May 12, 2021

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The eyes alone are superior to the telescope for some types of viewing, such as watching meteor showers and learning the constellations.

- Don Machholz

LUWD #0070 Eclipses May 04, 2021

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The eclipse path for a lunar eclipse is big, about half the earth. Whoever can see the moon can see the lunar eclipse.

- Don Machholz

LUWD #0069 Our Moon Apr 27, 2021

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We have seen pictures of the moon's back side, and believe me, we have the more interesting side.

- Don Machholz

LUWD #0068 Meteor Showers Apr 18, 2021

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There are more meteor showers than meets the eye.

- Don Machholz

LUWD #0067 Where Did Orion Go? Apr 14, 2021

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We often think of space as a vacuum, well it isn't. We're here, aren't we?

- Don Machholz

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