Complex sentence: Amateur astronomer Machholz utilizes a variety of methods in his comet discoveries, in 1986 using 29 × 130 binoculars he discovered 96P/Machholz.
Split into simpler sentences: Amateur astronomer Machholz utilizes a variety of methods in his comet discoveries. In 1986 using 29 × 130 binoculars he discovered 96P/Machholz.