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A podcast about Astrophotography and Astronomy. Deep dive discussions into all things Astro. Gear, Best Practices, Interviews, and everything in between.
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Welcome to Episode 8 of the Astrocast! This week, Roo will take you through, step by step, EVERYTHING you need to have and know about shooting awesome photos of the Milky Way! If you've been looking for a comprehensive guide on how to get awesome shots of the MW and just aren't sure exactly what equipment is needed or exactly what settings to use, then this episode is for you! Thank you for tuning in. Please share the podcast with a friend, follow us on social media, or shoot us a message o...
✨ 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 comes in 10 colors! Also, welcome Craig to our Discord Family! You can join here! Wish me ...
✨ 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 scope a thousand miles away. Join our Patreon Family! We would love to have you in the Disco...
✨ 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 our private, members only Discord! It's THE best club there is! We talk remote rigs, filter wheels, the bea...
Dark Dragons Astronomy✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Episode OverviewRoo 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 episode to the late, great Attilla Danko. A very, very special and heartfelt thank you to his wife In...
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 of the show to highlight 3 very special women for black history month. If you want to know more a...
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 equipment. You can check out Minh's work at MLAstro. This is a VERY in depth conversation that may n...
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 Nathan from Astropeak Observatories, to talk about what it's like to actually take the dive in to opening a remote observatory! We get in to the challenges, the rewards, and how to pick the best spot, and a WHOLE lot more! Special thanks to Mark Linley for the poem shared near the end of ...
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics JOIN US on the Patreon to get exclusive access to Astropeak Observatories! Only 9 spots remain as of 1/27/26! Bortle 1 skies from 7000 ft, you heard that right! Welcome baaaaack to The Astrocast! This week, Roo takes you through the crazy winter weather we've experienced in Charlotte over the last weekend, the less than stellar Aurora Show in N. America (glad some of you European listeners got to see ...
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY ASTROCAST! Welcome BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week on the show, Roo takes you through SWITCHING TO NINA! He's finally decided to pull the trigger and move away from the ASIAIR for his main widefield imaging rig, and there are a LOT of choices that need to be considered to make that happen! We also discuss some of the hardware choices that go in to it, including choosing a PC. Check out...
Check out the video here! - you'll wanna watch this weeks episode if ya can! This week on The Astrocast, Roo, Justin, and Parish get together to discuss Astrophotography data management, Pixinsight, Network Attached Storage, NINA, and a whole lot more, on this weeks episode of The Astrocast. If you would like to support the show, consider joining our Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/c/TheAstrocast On today's episode, you'll learn all about: Justin's method for dealing with MASSIVE amoun...
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics That's io, as in, EEE OH! "io, Saturnalia!" - shout it from the rooftops! WELCOME BAAACK to The Astrocast! Roo is back from having a nasty cold last week, and thrilled to be with you! This week on the show, we talk about some ancient Roman traditions that celebrate the winter solstice and the holidays! We also discuss the "flavor of the week", Veralux Hypermetric Stretch (That's a moutful!) a...
Hey everyone! Hope you're doing great. Just checking in to let ya know i'm under the weather this week, been pushing myself a little too hard lately and it seems my body has finally caught up with my mind. I'll be taking the week off to get some rest and hopefully recover quickly, and will be back with you guys in no time. Enjoy those stars for me while i'm away, and clear skies to you all! -Roo Support the show Email me at "Roo@TheAstrocast.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for...
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics WELCOME BAAACK to The Astrocast! Roo is back from Thanksgiving break, and ready to talk about Astrophotography processing PC's! This week on the show, we go deep on what matters and what may not matter quite as much when building an ideal comptuer for AP processing. It goes without saying - these are just my OPINIONS! You may completely disagree with me on much of this, and that's okay! Building a PC is great...
Hey everyone! We're still off this week for the holiday break, but worry not - i'm back in the driver seat and working on an awesome episode for next week! While you wait, I thought you might enjoy listening to an interview I did on another podcast about Light Pollution! If you like the show, feel free to check out Lori and Debbie here: The Backyard Naturalists We'll be back next week with an all new episode...it's been cloudy and rainy in Charlotte! Hope you're having cleare...
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Welcome baaaack to Late Night, with The Astrocast! This week, Roo quietly takes you on a journey through...well, you'll just have to listen for yourself and find out. The Astrocast will be off for Thanksgiving in the USA, but we'll be back the week of 11/30 with an ALL NEW episode! Don't go anywhere! Visit The Astrocast on Facebook! If you haven't yet, please consider donating to the show's Patreo...
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics HEADS UP! There's an awesome sale happening on the ASKAR FRA300! It's got a HUGE discount on it, but it won't last long! Get yours here, and help the show a bit! Welcome baaaack to The Astrocast! This week, Roo takes you on an adventure through the history of DRIZZLING! The why, how, and where! THE WHO! ALL THE W'S!!! We also crown a week 2 winner of #socialmediastardust and talk about light pollution, you kn...
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Welcome baaaack to The Astrocast! This week, Roo takes you through a bunch of awesome new plugins he recently discovered (check out the links below!) and announces a new weekly segment for the show!!! Congrats to Christy Toms from Australia for being the first winner of Social Media Stardust! Great photo, Christy! We also discuss the return of the Great Nebula in Orion, and SVBONY coming in to its own as a ha...
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Welcome baaaack to The Astrocast! We celebrate a large milestone this week with our third, and FINAL (hopefully) microphone! Please welcome, all the way from broadcast Nirvana, the Shure SM7B! If the Astrocast was Goku, we'd have some GIANT hair by now! If I sound particularly silky smooth this week - get used to it! I finally took the plunge and upgraded the trusty Rode PodMic to the legendary Shure SM7...
**WARNING! Roo gets a bit ANGRY during this one!** Shop trusted astronomy retailers using our affiliate links: ✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics Every purchase helps keep The Astrocast ad-free and delivering the top-notch content you deserve! A special thanks to our friends-of-the-show and long-time sponsors, Dark Dragons Astronomy! Check out DDA for all your observatory needs! WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo takes you thro...
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Episode 26 is gold.