Shows
Looking Up with DonLUWD #136 Saturn at Opposition"Look for the Seeliger effect, when the rings brighten for a few days."Don Machholz
2022-08-0824 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #135 A 1988 Comet Discovery"We had quite a few people there to see it."Don Machholz
2022-08-0223 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #134 Two Summer Meteor Showers"So these next couple of weeks may be your best chance to see them."Don Machholz
2022-07-2709 min2022-07-1918 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #132 Summertime Views"The Summer Milky Way is now visible and with the warmer nights it is easy to stay out past midnight."Don Machholz
2022-07-1218 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #131 The Story About a 1994 Comet Discovery"At 2:47 AM I picked up a fuzzy object, about magnitude 10."Don Machholz
2022-07-0421 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #130 Image the Moon This Week"This would be a good week to image the moon each night through a small telescope."Don Machholz
2022-06-2918 min2022-06-2230 min
Looking Up with DonLUWD #128 So Many Planets, So Little Time"Quite often, when I'm the smartest person in the room, I'm by myself."Don Machholz
2022-06-1412 min
Looking Up with DonLUWD #127 Not Even An Inkling of Twinkling"The stars twinkle, the planets do not."Don Machholz
2022-06-0715 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #126 The Arietids Meteor Shower"We have a meteor shower coming up this week that almost no one knows about, but it is one of the most active of the year.”Don Machholz
2022-06-0111 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #125 Possibly a Great Meteor Shower?"It is a matter of watching and waiting."Don Machholz
2022-05-2439 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #124 The Virgo Galaxies"These were cataloged by Charles Messier in 1781."Don Machholz
2022-05-1715 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #123 A Total Lunar EclipseWhen the moon is in the umbra, it is hidden from the sundra."Don Machholz
2022-05-1026 min2022-05-0322 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #121 The Moon, Mercury, M45, and Maybe a Comet"This week the hotspot is the evening sky."Don Machholz
2022-04-2622 min2022-04-2115 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #119 Amateur and Professional Astronomers"I have been an amateur astronomer since I was about 8 years old and took an interest in astronomy."Don Machholz
2022-04-1222 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #118 The Straight Wall"It is one of the most interesting features on the moon."-Don Machholz
2022-04-0520 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #117 Mars and Saturn in the Morning Sky"And the colors should differ, especially when seen through binoculars or a telescope."-Don Machholz
2022-03-2913 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #116 A Party of Planets"The crescent moon makes a nice pattern with Venus, Mars, and Saturn on Monday morning, March 28"-Don Machholz
2022-03-2129 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #115 A Moonlit Messier Marathon"You won't find any of this stuff published anywhere."-Don Machholz
2022-03-1533 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #114 A Close Look at the Moon"Yes, they have seen the moon before, but now they can see the craters."-Don Machholz
2022-03-0817 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #113 The Winter Milky Way"It is rich, very rich, with stars and star clusters."-Don Machholz
2022-03-0120 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #112 Galaxy NGC 891"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
2022-02-2325 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #111 Accidental Visual Comet Discoveries“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
2022-02-1530 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #110 M1, M57, and Comets"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
2022-02-0820 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #109 Massive Marathon"This is how the Massive Marathon was invented."-Don Machholz
2022-02-0225 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #108 The Pleiades"I believe that moonlight is the real reason why Charles Messier missed M65 and M66."-Don Machholz
2022-01-2521 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #107 Starting Your Day at 2 AM"I would rather be sweeping than sleeping".-Don Machholz
2022-01-1726 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #106 Comets in 2022"Is it a bird, is it a plane? No kitty, that is the moon!"-Don Machholz
2022-01-1116 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #105 Mercury in the Evening"This is a good week to look at the moon."Don Machholz
2022-01-0420 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #104 The Year’s First Meteor Shower"In 1922 the IAU named 88 constellations; this must have been number 89."-Don Machholz
2021-12-2813 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #103 A Family of Comets"The winter constellations are here, ready for another season of viewing."Don Machholz
2021-12-2118 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #102 Comet Leonard in the Evening Sky"This could produce a meteor shower on Venus."Don Machholz
2021-12-1414 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #101 A Comet in the Twilight Zone“When Albert Einstein was a boy, if he ever did anything stupidly, did people say to him: ‘hey, way to go, Einstein!’?”-Don Machholz
2021-12-0827 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #100 Comet Leonard Meets a Star Cluster"Probably more penguins than people will see this eclipse. Those solar eclipse glasses will keep slipping off their ears."Don Machholz
2021-11-3017 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0099 Ceres: Hiding in the Hyades"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
2021-11-2213 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0098 Open Star Cluster M52"Well, I'm an astronomer, and to me a beautiful sunset sky has no clouds at all."Don Machholz
2021-11-1615 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0097 Lunar Eclipse"The moon could fit inside the earth's shadow if it wanted to."Don Machholz
2021-11-0917 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0096 Gegenschein"So now is a suitable time to see the gegenschein."Don Machholz
2021-11-0215 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0095 See Some Comets This Week"Comets are scattered around the sky."Don Machholz
2021-10-2615 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0094 A Rhyming Messier Marathon Talk"Charles Messier lived some two hundred years ago in France,from where he searched for comets, whenever he got the chance"Don Machholz
2021-10-1923 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0093 Observe the Moon Night“Why stop with our moon? Show them Jupiter and Saturn and their moons too. A multi-moon evening.” Don Machholz
2021-10-1223 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0092 Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann“We’ll know in two weeks, when communication with Mars resumes, if Martians have visited our rovers.” Don Machholz
2021-10-0515 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0091 Distant Moons“If you have a group of observers with you, take bets. The winner gets to choose which will be the next object to observe.” Don Machholz
2021-09-2816 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0090 Astro ImagingI'm a bit behind in reading my astronomy magazines. I just read that there will be a total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. Did I miss it? Don Machholz
2021-09-2118 min
Looking Up with DonLUWD #0089 Tales of Mercury"Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Wow, who comes up with these names?"-Don Machholz
2021-09-1520 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0088 Neptune"Nearly 90,000 days in one year, I wonder how many holidays they have?"Don Machholz
2021-09-0616 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0087 That Bright Spotlight is Jupiter!"It is there, but can you see it?"Don Machholz
2021-08-3118 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0086 Astronomy Projects You Can Do"There is no end to the things that can be seen".Don Machholz
2021-08-2415 min2021-08-1719 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0084 A Study of Fuzzy Nebulae"Hey, this looks fuzzy, it must be a nebula"Don Machholz
2021-08-1021 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0083 August Showers“M22 is one of the finest globular star clusters in the sky.”Don Machholz
2021-08-0321 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0082 Open Star Clusters: From the Blockbusters to the Lacklusters"So those are the three requirements for finding a comet: at the right place, at the right time and seeing faint enough to detect it."Don Machholz
2021-07-2730 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0081 Double Stars"It is known as the double-double, sounds like something you would order at In-N-Out Burger"Don Machholz
2021-07-2123 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0080 StarsA lot of craters on the moon look like the letter "O"- DON MACHHOLZ
2021-07-1414 min
2021-07-0618 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0078 How To Use A Telescope"I came home that day, thought about it some more, and asked for a telescope for my birthday."
-Don Machholz
2021-06-3031 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0077 Binoculars: Two Eyes to Rise to New HighsSometimes you hear someone say: "Wow, I can see my house from outer space." I think what is more amazing is that I can see outer space from my house.- Don Machholz
2021-06-2222 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0076 The Eye and the SkyDo something to improve your eyesight, it is cheaper than buying a bigger telescope.-Don Machholz
2021-06-1630 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0075 Unwrapping Sky MappingVenus and the moon together in our evening sky. A challenge worth a try.Don Machholz
2021-06-0929 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0074 An Eclipse at the Top of the WorldMaybe Santa will give the elves the day off.- Don Machholz
2021-06-0224 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0073 Coordinating Everything in the SkyI 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
2021-05-2522 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0072 Total Lunar EclipseAt this point, you might say: “You call this an eclipse?” Good call, the moon is barely inside the earth’s shadow.- Don Machholz
2021-05-1920 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0071 Constellation Location and IdentificationThe eyes alone are superior to the telescope for some types of viewing, such as watching meteor showers and learning the constellations.- Don Machholz
2021-05-1220 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0070 EclipsesThe eclipse path for a lunar eclipse is big, about half the earth. Whoever can see the moon can see the lunar eclipse.- Don Machholz
2021-05-0421 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0069 Our MoonWe have seen pictures of the moon's back side, and believe me, we have the more interesting side.- Don Machholz
2021-04-2816 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0068 Meteor ShowersThere are more meteor showers than meets the eye.- Don Machholz
2021-04-1921 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0067 Where Did Orion Go?We often think of space as a vacuum, well it isn't. We're here, aren't we?- Don Machholz
2021-04-1424 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0066 A Planet PrimerTake one planet a day and I'll see you next week.- Don Machholz
2021-04-0724 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0065 Is That Jupiter in the Big Dipper Tonight?Astrology is not astronomy; astronomy does not care where the planets were when you were born. Astronomers are much more concerned about where they are tonight.- Don Machholz
2021-03-3120 min2021-03-2424 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0063 A Twilight Sky in GeminiSo, there you have it, Comet Twilight Time, sun -15 degrees.DON MACHHOLZ
2021-03-1720 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0062 The Running of the MarathonThis weekend, March 13/14 the moon is new, and so it will not interfere with the marathon.- Don Machholz
2021-03-1029 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0061 On the Trail of a CometAmateur astronomers from around the world working around the clock to confirm a comet. It doesn't get better than that.- DON MACHHOLZ
2021-03-0237 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0060 Universal Time is for EveryoneHow can you determine Universal Time? One way is to call Greenwich and ask them what time it is there.- DON MACHHOLZ
2021-02-2417 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0059 Tranquility Base HereThen some smart-aleck says: "I thought Tranquility base was a Hollywood soundstage"- DON MACHHOLZ
2021-02-1722 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0058 This Week’s Headliner is Canis MinorCanis Minor, is a famous old-timer. It is trying, to stay up with Orion. - DON MACHHOLZ
2021-02-1016 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0057 The Orion NebulaYou could start the February Messier Marathon three hours after twilight and not miss a thing.- DON MACHHOLZ
2021-02-0325 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0056 The Winter Milky Wayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae5rnul_2pk&t=271s
All they need to do is meow.- DON MACHHOLZ
2021-01-2622 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0055 Be A Copernicus Crater InvestigatorTime spent looking at the moon is never wasted time.- DON MACHHOLZ
2021-01-2017 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0054 EarthshineThe locator is the terminator. Now look on the dark side of this borderline to see the earthshine, which is reflected sunshine, why does this rhyme?- DON MACHHOLZ
2021-01-1317 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0052 Midnight With Sirius2021 is on your doorstep, asking you to come out and play.- DON MACHHOLZ
2020-12-3117 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0051 The Bizarre Garnet StarBut that 2080 Great Conjunction will be in 60 years, and I'll talk more about it then, in Podcast 3174. Yea, right.- DON MACHHOLZ
2020-12-2414 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0050 Compressed in the SouthwestThis is brought to you by the motions of the planets.- DON MACHHOLZ
2020-12-1518 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0049 The Twins Put on a ShowUnless we have a conjunction malfunction, this event could be the sky's goodbye to 2020don machholz
2020-12-0919 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0048 Plan It, Viewing the Seventh PlanetMaybe they should have called it Herschel.DON MACHHOLZ
2020-12-0219 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0047 A Gray Moon is Coming SoonDoes that moon look funny to you, or is it just me?DON MACHHOLZ
2020-11-2517 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0046 “A Decade of Comets” ConclusionThat is a lot of time to find a comet, but then there is a lot of sky to cover!DON MACHHOLZ
2020-11-1727 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0045 The Leonids Meet the Moonless Morning SkyComets came from all over the place.DON MACHHOLZ
2020-11-1118 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0044 How Many Hours Does It Take To Discover a Comet?That's right, one eye looking through the telescope and one eye looking for meteors. Multi-task.DON MACHHOLZ
2020-11-0421 min2020-10-2822 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0042 Comet 141PWe will be watching to see if the comet brings along with it any old or new components.DON MACHHOLZ
2020-10-2123 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0041 A Decade of Comets and a Month of MeteorsThere are several minor meteor showers but the major one over the next couple weeks is the Orionid Meteor Shower, brought to you by Halley's Comet.DON MACHHOLZ
2020-10-1427 min
Looking Up with DonLUWD #0040 A Decade of Comets, Mars, comet discoveryTo see Mars well you have to look at it for a long time. Not just a peek. The more you look, the more you'll see.DON MACHHOLZ
2020-10-0635 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0039 A Decade of Comets, Mars, comet discoveryMars will be closest to the earth on October 6, when it will be 39 million miles from the United States, and 62 million kilometers from the rest of the world.DON MACHHOLZ
2020-09-3023 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0038 A Decade of Comets, Rolf Meier, Rodney Austin, David LevyThe further north you live, the greater the effect. So, Santa Claus, this one's for you!DON MACHHOLZ
2020-09-2331 minLooking Up with DonLUWD #0037 A Decade of Comets, Doug BergerHere is the surprising thing: 21 of the 26 individuals found their first comet during this decade, 1975 through 1984DON MACHHOLZ
2020-09-1536 min
Observers NotebookThe Observers Notebook- Comet 2018 V1 with Don MachholzEpisode 58
In this episode of the Observers Notebook podcast, host Tim Robertson talks to comet discoverer, Don Machholz.
Don discusses his most recent comet discovery, Comet 2018 V1 also known as Comet (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto).
You can contact Don at:
donm353259@aol.com
Don’s Comet website:
http://donmachholz.com/
For the current location of Comet 2018 V1:
https://theskylive.com/c2018v1-info
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www.alpo-astronomy.org/
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2018-12-1543 min