What is Donald Machholz?
[[File:Dm img.jpg|right|200px]] '''Donald Edward Machholz''' (October 7, 1952 – August 9, 2022) was an American [[astronomer]]. He was a well known visual comet discoverer. It was said he helped discover 12 [[comet]]s. Machholz spent more than 9,000 hours comet-hunting in a career, which lasted over 50 years.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://auburnjournal.com/detail/145919.html | title = Patience leads to new comet discovery by Colfax amateur astronomer | author = Gus Thomson | date = March 30, 2010 | accessdate = March 30, 2010 | publisher = Auburn Journal }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.skyandtelescope.com/resources/proamcollab/astroalert/89322402.html | title = New Comet Machholz | publisher = [[Sky & Telescope]] | author = Roger W. Sinnott | date = March 27, 2010 | accessdate = March 30, 2010 | archive-date = March 30, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100330065143/http://www.skyandtelescope.com/resources/proamcollab/astroalert/89322402.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> Machholz was one of the inventors of the [[Messier Marathon]]. Machholz died on August 9, 2022 at his ranch in [[Mohave County, Arizona]] at the age of 69.<ref>[https://ground.news/article/earthsky-don-machholz-1952-2022 Don Machholz, 1952-2022]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://donmachholz.com/ Don Machholz] {{DEFAULTSORT:Machholz, Donald}} [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:American astronomers]] [[Category:Scientists from Arizona]] {{bio-stub}}