Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan.

Welcome to Episode 204 of the Actual Astronomy Podcast, today we are “Looking Up” with Don Machholz. I’m Chris and joining me is Shane. We are amateur astronomers who love looking up at the night sky and this podcast is for anyone who likes going out under the stars. 

 

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Don Machholz has been interested in astronomy since he was a small boy growing up in Virginia, amongst other places. As a teen he hunted down all the Messier Objects using a 6-inch reflector and soon after began searching for comets. 

 

Don has become widely known as the most successful living visual discoverer of 12 comets including 96P/Machholz, 141/PMachholz, C/2004 Q2 and Comet C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto). He has received many awards and last year 2021 he received the Leslie C. Peltier Award from the Astronomical league for these discoveries. 

 

He has authored many books and articles including "The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon" but the first dedicated observing book I bought was his  “Messier Marathon Observer’s Guide Handbook and Atlas”  :) 

 

He is also a podcaster, you can find him by looking up “Looking Up with Don” and he has a great website: 

https://donmachholz.com/

 

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