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  On July 23^rd, 2009, the APO hosted famed comet hunter David Levy, who held a book signing and gave a lecture in the Flammer Theater at The Wild Center, Tupper Lake. Levy's talk was entitled "A Nightwatchman's Journey: My Life and Hard Times as a Comet Searcher". He talked about how he became interested in astronomy in his youth, the discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (which collided with Jupiter in 1994), and related many anecdotes about his life-long quest for comets. Here is the poster that announced the event.

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David Levy held a book signing before his talk	APO Board members Mark Moeller & Tim Moeller sold many books before the talk
A full house in The Flammer Theater	"A Nightwatchman's Journey: My Life and Hard Times as a Comet Searcher"
APO President Marc Staves introduces Levy	An appreciative audience thanks Levy
Listening to an audience member's question	Explaining how Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 broke up
Levy takes another question	An appropriate ending to the talk
David Levy & APO Board Member Carol Levy	David's comet-hunting partner Wendee Levy & Carol Levy