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LUWD #136 Saturn at Opposition
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"Look for the Seeliger effect, when the rings brighten for a few days." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #135 A 1988 Comet Discovery
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"We had quite a few people there to see it." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"So these next couple of weeks may be your best chance to see them." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #133 Your July Observing List
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"Start with the bright stars." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"The Summer Milky Way is now visible and with the warmer nights it is easy to stay out past midnight." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #131 The Story About a 1994 Comet Discovery
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"At 2:47 AM I picked up a fuzzy object, about magnitude 10." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #130 Image the Moon This Week
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"This would be a good week to image the moon each night through a small telescope." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"Two globular clusters in Scorpius" Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #128 So Many Planets, So Little Time
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"Quite often, when I'm the smartest person in the room, I'm by myself." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #127 Not Even An Inkling of Twinkling
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"The stars twinkle, the planets do not." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #126 The Arietids Meteor Shower
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"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 MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #125 Possibly a Great Meteor Shower?
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"It is a matter of watching and waiting." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #124 The Virgo Galaxies
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"These were cataloged by Charles Messier in 1781." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #123 A Total Lunar Eclipse
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When the moon is in the umbra, it is hidden from the sundra." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #122 How to See Fainter Objects
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"Eyes, skies, and telescope." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #121 The Moon, Mercury, M45, and Maybe a Comet
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"This week the hotspot is the evening sky." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #120 A Line-up of Planets
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"Set the alarm and bring the camera." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #119 Amateur and Professional Astronomers
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"I have been an amateur astronomer since I was about 8 years old and took an interest in astronomy." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #118 The Straight Wall
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"It is one of the most interesting features on the moon." -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #117 Mars and Saturn in the Morning Sky
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"And the colors should differ, especially when seen through binoculars or a telescope." -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #116 A Party of Planets
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"The crescent moon makes a nice pattern with Venus, Mars, and Saturn on Monday morning, March 28" -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #115 A Moonlit Messier Marathon
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"You won't find any of this stuff published anywhere." -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #114 A Close Look at the Moon
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"Yes, they have seen the moon before, but now they can see the craters." -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #113 The Winter Milky Way
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"It is rich, very rich, with stars and star clusters." -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"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 MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #111 Accidental Visual Comet Discoveries
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LUWD #110 M1, M57, and Comets
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"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 MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"This is how the Massive Marathon was invented." -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"I believe that moonlight is the real reason why Charles Messier missed M65 and M66." -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #107 Starting Your Day at 2 AM
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"I would rather be sweeping than sleeping". -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"Is it a bird, is it a plane? No kitty, that is the moon!" -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #105 Mercury in the Evening
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"This is a good week to look at the moon." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #104 The Year’s First Meteor Shower
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"In 1922 the IAU named 88 constellations; this must have been number 89." -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #103 A Family of Comets
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"The winter constellations are here, ready for another season of viewing." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #102 Comet Leonard in the Evening Sky
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"This could produce a meteor shower on Venus." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #101 A Comet in the Twilight Zone
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LUWD #100 Comet Leonard Meets a Star Cluster
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"Probably more penguins than people will see this eclipse. Those solar eclipse glasses will keep slipping off their ears." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #0099 Ceres: Hiding in the Hyades
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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 MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #0098 Open Star Cluster M52
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"Well, I'm an astronomer, and to me a beautiful sunset sky has no clouds at all." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"The moon could fit inside the earth's shadow if it wanted to." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"So now is a suitable time to see the gegenschein." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #0095 See Some Comets This Week
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"Comets are scattered around the sky." Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #0094 A Rhyming Messier Marathon Talk
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"Charles Messier lived some two hundred years ago in France, from where he searched for comets, whenever he got the chance" Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #0093 Observe the Moon Night
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“Why stop with our moon? Show them Jupiter and Saturn and their moons too. A multi-moon evening.” Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #0092 Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
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“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 MachholzPar Don Machholz
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I'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 MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #0089 Tales of Mercury
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"Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Wow, who comes up with these names?" -Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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"Nearly 90,000 days in one year, I wonder how many holidays they have?" Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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LUWD #0087 That Bright Spotlight is Jupiter!
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"It is there, but can you see it?" Don MachholzPar Don Machholz
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