Looking Up with Don
By Don Machholz
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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.
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LUWD #136 Saturn at Opposition
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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LUWD #135 A 1988 Comet Discovery
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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LUWD #134 Two Summer Meteor Showers
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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LUWD #133 Your July Observing List
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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LUWD #132 Summertime Views
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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LUWD #131 The Story About a 1994 Comet Discovery
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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LUWD #130 Image the Moon This Week
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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LUWD #129 M4 and M80
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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LUWD #128 So Many Planets, So Little Time
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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LUWD #127 Not Even An Inkling of Twinkling
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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LUWD #126 The Arietids Meteor Shower
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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LUWD #125 Possibly a Great Meteor Shower?
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May 24, 2022 |
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LUWD #124 The Virgo Galaxies
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May 17, 2022 |
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LUWD #123 A Total Lunar Eclipse
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May 10, 2022 |
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LUWD #122 How to See Fainter Objects
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May 03, 2022 |
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LUWD #121 The Moon, Mercury, M45, and Maybe a Comet
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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LUWD #120 A Line-up of Planets
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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LUWD #119 Amateur and Professional Astronomers
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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LUWD #118 The Straight Wall
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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LUWD #117 Mars and Saturn in the Morning Sky
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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LUWD #116 A Party of Planets
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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LUWD #115 A Moonlit Messier Marathon
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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LUWD #114 A Close Look at the Moon
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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LUWD #113 The Winter Milky Way
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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LUWD #112 Galaxy NGC 891
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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LUWD #111 Accidental Visual Comet Discoveries
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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LUWD #110 M1, M57, and Comets
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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LUWD #109 Massive Marathon
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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LUWD #108 The Pleiades
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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LUWD #107 Starting Your Day at 2 AM
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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LUWD #106 Comets in 2022
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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LUWD #105 Mercury in the Evening
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Jan 04, 2022 |
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LUWD #104 The Year’s First Meteor Shower
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Dec 28, 2021 |
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LUWD #103 A Family of Comets
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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LUWD #102 Comet Leonard in the Evening Sky
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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LUWD #101 A Comet in the Twilight Zone
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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LUWD #100 Comet Leonard Meets a Star Cluster
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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LUWD #0099 Ceres: Hiding in the Hyades
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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LUWD #0098 Open Star Cluster M52
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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LUWD #0097 Lunar Eclipse
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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LUWD #0096 Gegenschein
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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LUWD #0095 See Some Comets This Week
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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LUWD #0094 A Rhyming Messier Marathon Talk
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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LUWD #0093 Observe the Moon Night
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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LUWD #0092 Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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LUWD #0091 Distant Moons
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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LUWD #0090 Astro Imaging
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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LUWD #0089 Tales of Mercury
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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LUWD #0088 Neptune
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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LUWD #0087 That Bright Spotlight is Jupiter!
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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LUWD #0086 Astronomy Projects You Can Do
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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LUWD #0085 Here is Mira
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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LUWD #0084 A Study of Fuzzy Nebulae
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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LUWD #0083 August Showers
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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LUWD #0082 Open Star Clusters: From the Blockbusters to the Lacklusters
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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LUWD #0081 Double Stars
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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LUWD #0080 Stars
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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LUWD #0079 Radio Astronomy
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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LUWD #0078 How To Use A Telescope
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Jun 29, 2021 |
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LUWD #0077 Binoculars: Two Eyes to Rise to New Highs
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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LUWD #0076 The Eye and the Sky
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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LUWD #0075 Unwrapping Sky Mapping
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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LUWD #0074 An Eclipse at the Top of the World
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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LUWD #0073 Coordinating Everything in the Sky
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May 25, 2021 |
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LUWD #0072 Total Lunar Eclipse
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May 19, 2021 |
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LUWD #0071 Constellation Location and Identification
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May 12, 2021 |
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LUWD #0070 Eclipses
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May 04, 2021 |
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LUWD #0069 Our Moon
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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LUWD #0068 Meteor Showers
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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LUWD #0067 Where Did Orion Go?
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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LUWD #0066 A Planet Primer
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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LUWD #0065 Is That Jupiter in the Big Dipper Tonight?
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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LUWD #0064 The Nova in Cassiopeia
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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LUWD #0063 A Twilight Sky in Gemini
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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LUWD #0062 The Running of the Marathon
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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LUWD #0061 On the Trail of a Comet
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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LUWD #0060 Universal Time is for Everyone
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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LUWD #0059 Tranquility Base Here
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Feb 17, 2021 |
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LUWD #0058 This Week’s Headliner is Canis Minor
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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LUWD #0057 The Orion Nebula
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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LUWD #0056 The Winter Milky Way
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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LUWD #0055 Be A Copernicus Crater Investigator
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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LUWD #0054 Earthshine
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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LUWD #0053 How Many Stars Can You Pull Out of This Square?
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Jan 05, 2021 |
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LUWD #0052 Midnight With Sirius
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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LUWD #0051 The Bizarre Garnet Star
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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LUWD #0050 Compressed in the Southwest
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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LUWD #0049 The Twins Put on a Show
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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LUWD #0048 Plan It, Viewing the Seventh Planet
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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LUWD #0047 A Gray Moon is Coming Soon
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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LUWD #0046 “A Decade of Comets” Conclusion
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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LUWD #0045 The Leonids Meet the Moonless Morning Sky
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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LUWD #0044 How Many Hours Does It Take To Discover a Comet?
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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LUWD #0043 An Extra Hour To View The Blue Moon
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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LUWD #0042 Comet 141P
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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LUWD #0041 A Decade of Comets and a Month of Meteors
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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LUWD #0040 A Decade of Comets, Mars, comet discovery
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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LUWD #0039 A Decade of Comets, Mars, comet discovery
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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LUWD #0038 A Decade of Comets, Rolf Meier, Rodney Austin, David Levy
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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LUWD #0037 A Decade of Comets, Doug Berger
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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LUWD #0036 A Decade of Comets, William Bradfield, Dr. Brian Marsden, Neptune
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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LUWD #0035 Visual Comet Discoveries, A Decade of Comets
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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LUWD #0034 Visual Comet Discovery, Dr. Edgar Everhart
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Aug 25, 2020 |
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LUWD #0033 Remote Telescope Rental, SLOOH, Delphinus, comets
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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LUWD #0032 Astronomical League, comets, and an arrow in the sky
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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LUWD #0031 Eyepatches, Perseid Meteor Shower, Comet NEOWISE
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Aug 04, 2020 |
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LUWD #0030 Comet NEOWISE, Teaching A Continuing Education Course
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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LUWD #0029 Comet NEOWISE, meteor showers, M6, M7, M8 and M20
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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LUWD #0028 Comet NEOWISE, Saturn, Sagittarius, and observatories
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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LUWD #0027 Astronomical Observatories, Comet NEOWISE, Scorpius, M4
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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LUWD #0026 Lunar Eclipse, the traveling astronomer and Cygnus
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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LUWD #0025 ALPO, SOHO, NEOWISE and Lemmon
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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LUWD #0024 Annular Solar Eclipse, Mercury’s tail, Placer Nature Center
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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LUWD #0023 The Greatest Globular Cluster in Hercules
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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LUWD #0022 The Brightness Behavior of Comets
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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LUWD #0021 – Comet SWAN
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May 27, 2020 |
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LUWD #0020 – Comet SWAN, Comet ATLAS
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May 19, 2020 |
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LUWD #0019 – Comet SWAN, Comet ATLAS, Right Ascension and Declination
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May 11, 2020 |
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LUWD #0018 – Comet SWAN, discovering and confirming comets and asteroids, being sleep-deprived
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May 04, 2020 |
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LUWD #0017 – Comet ATLAS, Comet SWAN, Arcturus, Loma Prieta, Moon in my mirror
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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LUWD #0016 – Comet ATLAS, Mizar, Alcor, Youngest Moon, and Loma Prieta
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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LUWD #0015 – Comet ATLAS, Lyrids, and Loma Prieta
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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LUWD #0014 – Comet ATLAS, BepiColumbo, Shadow Cast by Venus
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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LUWD #0013 – Private Star Parties, Comet Atlas, Venus Meets the Pleiades
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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LUWD #0012 – Star Parties, Comet ATLAS, Gemini, Messier Marathon
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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LUWD #0011 – Star Parties, Zodiacal Light, and the Messier Marathon
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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LUWD #0010 – Electric Socks, Three Comets and the Messier Marathon
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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LUWD #0009 – Astronomy Clubs, Messier Marathon Search Sequence
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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LUWD #0008 – Messier Marathon Search Sequence
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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LUWD #0007 – The Pleiades and the Messier Marathon Search Sequence
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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LUWD #0006 – A Comet Hunting Theory and the Messier Marathon Search Sequence
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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LUWD #0005 – Cell Phone Lunar Photography, Almach, Star Colors, Messier Marathon
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Feb 04, 2020 |
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LUWD #0004 – Moonlight, the Messier Objects, and a Marathon
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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LUWD #0003 – Star Magnitudes And A Comet That Almost Got Away
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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LUWD #0002 – Starlink Satellites and Binoculars
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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LUWD #0001 – Lunar Eclipses, Betelgeuse and Meteor Showers
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Jan 07, 2020 |