Machholz made more visual discoveries (12) than any other American observer.
, which usually catch incoming comets long before they are visible to human eyes, the meticulous art of comet hunting nowadays is practiced by very few individuals. On the evening of May 30, Don, Michele, Renate and I watched for meteors. Because thewere expected to be faint, Don utilized a unique homebuilt"binocular chair" and carefully scrutinized various parts of the sky with 25 x 100 binoculars looking for faint streakers ... and he actually caught a few.
Overall, we didn't see as many meteors as we would have liked, but the four of us still had a grand time under a dark Arizona sky. He was a soft-spoken man and I was amazed at his seeming encyclopedic knowledge of the smallest bodies of the solar system: Meteors,and especially comets. He was also a colorful raconteur, having given many lectures and presentations throughout the western United States, and I was hoping he would be able to come here to the East next spring to share a few of those anecdotes with others.
A wonderful man. In the astronomical world, and especially by those with an interest in comets, he will be missed!
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