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Amateur astronomers from around the world working around the clock to confirm a comet. It doesn’t get better than that.– DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-61-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-61-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-61-Map-3-VestaDownload

How can you determine Universal Time? One way is to call Greenwich and ask them what time it is there.– DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-60-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-60-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload

Then some smart-aleck says: “I thought Tranquility base was a Hollywood soundstage”– DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-59-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-59-Map-2-Mornng-SkyDownload Podcast-59-Map-3-Tranquility-BaseDownload

Canis Minor, is a famous old-timer. It is trying, to stay up with Orion. – DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-58-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-58-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-58-Map-3-CometDownload Podcast-58-Map-4-M93Download

You could start the February Messier Marathon three hours after twilight and not miss a thing.– DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-57-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-57-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-57-Map-3-M42-M43-M78Download Podcast-57-Dons-Comet-Hunting-HoursDownload

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae5rnul_2pk&t=271s All they need to do is meow.– DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-56-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-56-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-56-Map-3-M79Download Podcast-56-Map-4-141P-MachholzDownload Podcast-56-Map-5-C2021-A2-NEOWISEDownload Podcast-56-Comet-PositionsDownload

Time spent looking at the moon is never wasted time.– DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-55-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-55-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-55-Map-3-MoonDownload

The locator is the terminator.  Now look on the dark side of this borderline to see the earthshine, which is reflected sunshine, why does this rhyme?– DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-54-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-54-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-54-Map-3-Mars-and-UranusDownload Podcast-54-Map-4-Two-Evening-CometsDownload

You can overcome some deficiencies with patient observing. And practice. The more you look, the more you see. Podcast-53-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-53-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-53-Map-3-M31-and-the-Square-of-PegasusDownload Podcast-53-Map-4-M77Download Podcast-53-Map-5-Evening-CometDownload Podcast-53-Number-of-Stars-in-the-Square-of-PegasusDownload

2021 is on your doorstep, asking you to come out and play.– DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-52-Map-1-Evening-SkyDownload Podcast-52-Map-2-Morning-SkyDownload Podcast-52-Map-3-CometsDownload Podcast-52-Map-4-BetelgeuseDownload Podcast-52-Map-5-M74Download

Comet NEOWISE left behind,A trail of hope and joy combined.A celestial gift to humankind, To help us through our daily grind.DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-29-Map-1Download Podcast-29-Map-2Download Podcast-29-Map-3Download Hits: 174

It’s not too late to realize,the comet to see is NEOWISEDON MACHHOLZ Podcast-28-Map-1Download Podcast-28-Map-2Download Podcast-28-Map-3Download Podcast-28-My-Colfax-ObservatoryDownload Hits: 164

“Comet NEOWISE stuck its head out from behind the sun and smiled at us.”DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-27-Map-1Download Podcast-27-Map-2Download Podcast-27-Map-3Download Podcast-27-Comet-PositionsDownload Hits: 201

A five-star rating for a seven-star cluster.DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-26-Map-1Download Podcast-26-Map-2Download Podcast-26-Map-3Download Hits: 121

Let’s hear it for the SOHO spacecraftAnd the amazing things it has photographed.With four thousand comets foundBy those on the groundWho scan images…DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-25-Map-1Download Podcast-25-Map-2Download Hits: 117

It happens in 2020 on the 21st of JuneWhen the sun in the sky gets hidden by the moonThe moon’s so far away it can’t cover the sun totallySo, a ring of fire will be visible locallyThere will be no corona visible, at least not in the skyYou need a filter to see this or else you will burn your eyeThe Congo is where it is first seen by those without myopiaThen through South Sudan and into EthiopiaMid-morning it visits Yemen and slide by Oman’s capital cityFilter it and take a look I bet it’s mighty prettyPakistan sees the sun assume the shape of a ringThen onto northern India where the eclipse becomes “a thing”Tibet is next then China, sharing this afternoon viewSomething that everyone can look up toTaiwan gets to jump on then the eclipse sinks into the oceanA day of emotion, a moon in slow motion, proving Newton’s three laws of motionDON MACHHOLZ Podcast-24-Map-1Download Hits: 161

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Look up to the north that’s PolarisSheltered in place its not carelessNeither setting nor risin’Stuck above the horizonWith no place to…DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-21-Big-BinocularsDownload Podcast-21-Map-1Download Hits: 135