You can overcome some deficiencies with patient observing. And practice. The more you look, the more you see.
Here is the surprising thing: 21 of the 26 individuals found their first comet during this decade, 1975 through 1984DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-37-A-Decade-of-Comets-Part-2bDownload Podcast-37-Map-1Download Podcast-37-Map-2Download...
"Yes, they have seen the moon before, but now they can see the craters."-Don Machholz
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