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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...

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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! Spe...

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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. A...

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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 ch...

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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 

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Hey everyone, it's Roo! Hope the end of 2025 is treating you well! We will be doing a SPECIAL live premier for Episode 83 of The Astrocast over on Youtube, and I hope to see you all there! I'll be live in the chat with you, so if you want to stop by and say hi, it should be happening between 7 and 9pm EST on 12/31. 

The Astrocast Live Premiere on Youtube

Look forward to seeing you soon, clear skies! 

-Roo

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 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 th...

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

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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 ...

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

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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! 

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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 wee...

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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 Ne...

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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 upgra...

**WARNING! Roo gets a bit ANGRY during this one!**

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AC HOODIES AVAILABLE NOW!!! To celebrate the coming of Orion in the Northern Hemisphere, along with colder weather, the Astrocast is releasing it's first HOODIE! I've got one, and I promise you, it's GREAT! Very comfy, very stylish, AND it fights Light Pollution wherever you go! Grab one today and support the show while starting that all so important conversation everywhere you go! We also now have Bumper Stickers!

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The Astrocast has partnered with First Light Optics!!! We now have an affiliate program that all of our European listeners can use to support the show. Thanks so much as always, make sure to use this link to support the show and get the same great prices and service as always from FLO! A small proceed of the portions will go to help pay for the show, thank you as always!

WELCOME BAAAAACK TO THE ASTROCAST!!!

This week, Roo reviews an ...

SVBONY Filter Drawer w/Extra Drawer

We have a new Amazon Affiliate account! The SVBONY Filter Drawer discussed on todays episode can be purchased through this link for the same normal price, and you'll help the show a little with your purchase! Thanks!!.

ZWO Off-Axis Guider

You can always use our affiliate links to High Point Scientific and Agena Astro as well! I am working on getting more affiliates setup, such as First Light Op...