Greetings all;

Thanks for all of the kind words about this comet discovery. The search for
this comet was typical, I do a bit more than 100 hours a year of visual
searching, but the discovery was unusual in that it took three days to get it
confirmed.
This is mainly due to the fact that I could not detect certain motion in the 15
minutes that I had the comet on the discovery morning. Then I had bad weather
for the next two days. Meanwhile, its rapid motion prevented it from being
picked up by others.

Later this weekend I'll be writing a more full story than is on
www.thecomethunter.com, and by next week you can find it there and download it
too.

As you know, the comet is faint, and will not be easy to see in the days ahead.

Take care.

Don Machholz
Colfax, CA


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> The discovery story is online on Don's website:
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> Ciao,
> Ernesto Guido
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