The Astrocast

WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast!   This week, Roo catches up on remote imaging adventures, new gear, and getting back under the backyard skies. A late-night rotator alert at AstroPeak turns into a reminder of why reliable on-site support matters when your telescope is hundreds of miles away. With the rig back in action, Roo sets his sights on the challenging Garlic Bulb Nebula and plans an experi...

Episode 106 is here! Please join us on the Youtube Channel this week for Part 2 of the Mono Procesing in Pixinsight Series , where Roo sits down w/Justin and Parish to learn how to work with Narrowband Data in Pixinsight! Whether you are a Seestar owner, a Planewave guy, or just a "refractor with OSC" kinda person like me, there is a LOT to learn in this series, and i can PROMSIE you, it...

JOIN THE FAMILY: The Astrocast | Weekly Astronomy/Astrophotography Podcast | Patreon WELCOME BAAAACK to The EUROCAST! In this weeks episode, guest host Mark Lindley takes The Astrocast to Europe for a trip through Switzerland, the French Alps, and the Vosges Mountains, where online friendships finally become face-to-face conversations. Between missed train stops, passport trouble, cloudy skies, an...

Sorry to bother your feeds! I had to reupload this weeks video, here ya go! https://youtu.be/vl6zu6NJoH0 Clear skies! -Roo Support the show Email me at "Roo@TheAstrocast.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!

UPDATE : Link updated, video back up! Sorry about that! Hey Astrocast family! This week we have a VERY special episode for you, where me, Justin, and Parish sit down to discuss mono-processing in Pixinsight! There's no point in uploading an audio only version of this, so I thought i'd share the link! Hope to see you there, clear skies! https://youtu.be/vl6zu6NJoH0 ALSO - we'll be ba...

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WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast! Roo sits down this week for a quick catch up with you guys to discuss his next project, and the ongoing NONSENSE that is Reflect Orbital. This one gets a little spicy, fair warning!!! Read the FCC Petition from AAS here.   CALL OR WRITE YOUR LOCAL POLITICIANS! MAKE them do SOMETHING!  Join our Patreon, and get access to the BEST community in AP!: https://www.patre...

**YOUTUBE VERSION HERE!!!*** - you'll wanna see this! How big does another galaxy look with the naked eye? In Chile’s Atacama Desert, Nico Carver saw the Large Magellanic Cloud hanging in the sky—so large that members of his group initially thought it was an ordinary cloud! Welcome BACK to The Astrocast! Roo sits down with Nico Carver of Nebula Photos to discuss his Atacama astrophotography w...

   ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics **Please note!! When using affiliate links, PLEASE check and make sure you don't have an ad blocker, incognito mode, or blocked cookies... thank you for your support!!!**  WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast! WATCH this weeks new episode on YouTube! LOTS of video content! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7UZA-h5MT...

    ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast!  We have a FULL video component with this weeks episode, which you can find here! There's some truly beautiful scenery while me and Parish make our way to the middle of nowhere! We drove nearly 5,000 miles in 10 days for an EPIC run to the Darkest Skies N. America has to offer...

Just a quick check in from the Tennessee rest area!!! If you’re seeing this because you scanned the QR code, welcome to the Astrocast Family!!! clear skies!  Roo Support the show Email me at "Roo@TheAstrocast.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!

   ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo sits down with his buddies Justin and Parish to talk Astrophotography! Remote imaging, Rokinon 135's, SSDs, HDDs, and everything in between! This is an EXTRA-LENGTH episode, so get comfy, and hopefully under a dark clear sky! Special thanks to Justin and Parish f...

Hey Guys! Happy weekend :) <3 Roo Support the show Email me at "Roo@TheAstrocast.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!

  ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Welcome BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo recaps some of the preparations he is taking before setting off on a 4,000 mile round trip adventure to the darkest skies he has ever seen. Afterwards, he sits down with a new friend to talk about a VERY fascinating field, capturing exoplanet transits! Roo is extremely...

https://youtu.be/b_54zFXexTI The NEAF Episode premiers on Youtube at 4pm EST 5/19/2026! I hope to see you there!  Clear Skies!!! -Roo Support the show Email me at "Roo@TheAstrocast.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!

  ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Welcome BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, join Roo as he takes you on a midnight journey to the middle of nowhere, a place where only Whippoorwills and Darkness dare to tread, a place where sleepy eyes are no match for the Milky Way! As a reminder, if you'd like to join the coolest Astronomy club there is, co...

See the new episode here! Click the link above to goto The Astrocast on Youtube, and see this weeks new episode! Thank you all SO MUCH for your support! Special episodes like this one are only possible because you all show your support by listening to all the others, and supporting the Patreon! Clear Skies! -Roo Support the show Email me at "Roo@TheAstrocast.com" with any questions/comme...

  ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Welcome baaaack to The Astrocast! This week, Roo sits down w/James from Leviathan Optical to discuss the current state of Astrophotography, Filters for OSC Cameras, and of course, the Spectral Pro from Leviathan Optical. James is an incredibly talented and smart astrophotographer based in Dublin, Dr. James Murphy is...

 ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics WELCOME BACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo sits down w/Glenn AKA Astrobloke to talk about Astronomy and Astrophotography!  Please make sure to subscribe to the Astrobloke Youtube Channel and also check out his buddy Simon, on Simons Astro ! We have a new shirt! Get yours here! I highly recommend the black, but it c...

Hey friends! Just a heads up that the SLS ii will be launching TONIGHT at 6:24 ET from Kennedy Space Center! This is our first trip back to the moon in DECADES and it's not something any lover of space will want to miss! You watch live from NASA's channel here. You can also join us on Discord to chat as the launch happens by j oining the Patreon here ! Thanks so much, CLEAR SKIES! -Roo S...

✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo excitedly waits for NEAF to arrive, talks about all the fun things he plans to do and hopefully all the awesome people he plans to interview! Also - we discuss Spring targets (in the Northern Hemisphere) as well as all the crazy aspects one has to consider for running a...

✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo sits down and catches you up on the last couple weeks, the good, the bad, and the UGLY (Reflect Orbital)! A BIG shoutout to our newest Patreon Family Members, Eddie and Tony! If you'd like to join the Astrocast family, visit our Patreon and you'll get a link to...

  Dark Dragons Astronomy ✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics   Episode Overview Roo sits down with Rick and Jeff, founders of Dark Dragons Astronomy, to discuss new hardware and software developments, large-aperture lunar observing, and a major announcement involving the historic Clear Dark Sky website. Also - The Astrocast is proud to Dedicate this episod...

Join our Patreon today and get exclusive access to Bortle 1 Skies ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Welcome BAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo catches you up on his preparations for running his first remote rig at Astropeak Observatory in Utah, and all of the successes and struggles he's had along the way so far. Also - we take the last part...

Join our Patreon today and get exclusive access to Bortle 1 Skies ✨ Agena Astro   | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Welcome BAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo sits down with the founder of MLAstro, Minh Nguyen! Minh started his company in Vietnam and has done a phenomenal job so far, and is looking to challenge the big guys in this field with his awesome equipmen...