LUWD #111 Accidental Visual Comet Discoveries

February 15, 2022 • 00:30:53
LUWD #111 Accidental Visual Comet Discoveries
Looking Up with Don
LUWD #111 Accidental Visual Comet Discoveries

Feb 15 2022 | 00:30:53

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“This was a sweet spot for such discoveries: after many visual comet hunters left the field, and before the government-funded sky surveys took over.”

-Don Machholz
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