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New Comet for the New Year

Posted by michael on from the up-up-and-away dept.

spac3manspiff writes "The news has several stories about a fairly new comet named Comet Machholz discovered by Don Machholz. The comet will be able to be seen in the sky on Jan. 1 and Jan. 2 or Jan. 5 through 8. Along with the comet's appearance: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will all be able to be seen with a naked eye this month. However, you will need binoculars to see the comet."

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  1. A seriously humble guy: by Artifakt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is the 10th comet found by Don Macholz, and only now has he hung his name on one? If this one isn't really Macholz 10, I'd love to know who he named the first nine after.

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