The Astrocast
A podcast about Astrophotography and Astronomy. Deep dive discussions into all things Astro. Gear, Best Practices, Interviews, and everything in between.
Episodes
✨ Agena Astro | 🔭 High Point Scientific | 📦 Amazon | 🌌 First Light Optics
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WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast!
WATCH this weeks new episode on YouTube! LOTS of video content!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7UZA-h5MTw
We’re celebr...
✨ 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!!! If you happen to wat...
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
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 for spending the evening talkin...
Hey Guys!
Happy weekend :)
<3 Roo
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 excited at the thought of ca...
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
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, consider joining The Astrocast Societ...
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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
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 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 an endlessly fascinating guy ...
✨ 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!
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 joining the Patreon here! Thanks so much, CLEAR SKIES!
-Roo
Email me at "Roo@TheAstrocast.com" w...
✨ 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.
✨ 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 ...
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 episode to the late, great Attilla ...
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✨ 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 w...
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✨ 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...
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✨ 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! Spe...
✨ 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. A...
✨ 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 hardwa...
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