Looking Up with Don

LUWD #136 Saturn at Opposition

"Look for the Seeliger effect, when the rings brighten for a few days." Don Machholz

LUWD #135 A 1988 Comet Discovery

"We had quite a few people there to see it." Don Machholz

LUWD #134 Two Summer Meteor Showers

"So these next couple of weeks may be your best chance to see them." Don Machholz

LUWD #133 Your July Observing List

"Start with the bright stars." Don Machholz

LUWD #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

LUWD #131 The Story About a 1994 Comet Discovery

"At 2:47 AM I picked up a fuzzy object, about magnitude 10." Don Machholz

LUWD #130 Image the Moon This Week

"This would be a good week to image the moon each night through a small telescope." Don Machholz

LUWD #129 M4 and M80

"Two globular clusters in Scorpius" Don Machholz

LUWD #128 So Many Planets, So Little Time

"Quite often, when I'm the smartest person in the room, I'm by myself." Don Machholz

LUWD #127 Not Even An Inkling of Twinkling

"The stars twinkle, the planets do not." Don Machholz

LUWD #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

LUWD #125 Possibly a Great Meteor Shower?

"It is a matter of watching and waiting." Don Machholz

LUWD #124 The Virgo Galaxies

"These were cataloged by Charles Messier in 1781." Don Machholz

LUWD #123 A Total Lunar Eclipse

When the moon is in the umbra, it is hidden from the sundra." Don Machholz

LUWD #122 How to See Fainter Objects

"Eyes, skies, and telescope." Don Machholz

LUWD #121 The Moon, Mercury, M45, and Maybe a Comet

"This week the hotspot is the evening sky." Don Machholz

LUWD #120 A Line-up of Planets

"Set the alarm and bring the camera." Don Machholz

LUWD #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

LUWD #118 The Straight Wall

"It is one of the most interesting features on the moon." -Don Machholz

LUWD #117 Mars and Saturn in the Morning Sky

"And the colors should differ, especially when seen through binoculars or a telescope." -Don Machholz