Looking Up with Don
Science Podcasts
Experience the world of astronomy with #1 in the world for visual comet discoveries, Don Machholz. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, journey with Don Machholz into the solar system and beyond every Wednesday.
Location:
United States
Description:
Experience the world of astronomy with #1 in the world for visual comet discoveries, Don Machholz. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, journey with Don Machholz into the solar system and beyond every Wednesday.
Language:
English
Website:
https://donmachholz.com/
Episodes
LUWD #136 Saturn at Opposition
8/8/2022
"Look for the Seeliger effect, when the rings brighten for a few days."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:24:54
LUWD #135 A 1988 Comet Discovery
8/1/2022
"We had quite a few people there to see it."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:23:51
LUWD #134 Two Summer Meteor Showers
7/26/2022
"So these next couple of weeks may be your best chance to see them."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:09:06
LUWD #133 Your July Observing List
7/18/2022
"Start with the bright stars."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:18:55
LUWD #132 Summertime Views
7/11/2022
"The Summer Milky Way is now visible and with the warmer nights it is easy to stay out past midnight."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:18:11
LUWD #131 The Story About a 1994 Comet Discovery
7/4/2022
"At 2:47 AM I picked up a fuzzy object, about magnitude 10."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:21:24
LUWD #130 Image the Moon This Week
6/28/2022
"This would be a good week to image the moon each night through a small telescope."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:18:07
LUWD #129 M4 and M80
6/21/2022
"Two globular clusters in Scorpius"
Don Machholz
Duration:00:30:11
LUWD #128 So Many Planets, So Little Time
6/13/2022
"Quite often, when I'm the smartest person in the room, I'm by myself."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:12:54
LUWD #127 Not Even An Inkling of Twinkling
6/6/2022
"The stars twinkle, the planets do not."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:15:43
LUWD #126 The Arietids Meteor Shower
5/31/2022
"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
Duration:00:11:24
LUWD #125 Possibly a Great Meteor Shower?
5/24/2022
"It is a matter of watching and waiting."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:39:42
LUWD #124 The Virgo Galaxies
5/17/2022
"These were cataloged by Charles Messier in 1781."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:15:21
LUWD #123 A Total Lunar Eclipse
5/10/2022
When the moon is in the umbra, it is hidden from the sundra."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:26:28
LUWD #122 How to See Fainter Objects
5/3/2022
"Eyes, skies, and telescope."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:22:02
LUWD #121 The Moon, Mercury, M45, and Maybe a Comet
4/26/2022
"This week the hotspot is the evening sky."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:22:59
LUWD #120 A Line-up of Planets
4/21/2022
"Set the alarm and bring the camera."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:15:48
LUWD #119 Amateur and Professional Astronomers
4/11/2022
"I have been an amateur astronomer since I was about 8 years old and took an interest in astronomy."
Don Machholz
Duration:00:22:13
LUWD #118 The Straight Wall
4/4/2022
"It is one of the most interesting features on the moon."
-Don Machholz
Duration:00:20:51
LUWD #117 Mars and Saturn in the Morning Sky
3/29/2022
"And the colors should differ, especially when seen through binoculars or a telescope."
-Don Machholz
Duration:00:13:58