The Astrocast

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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 talking AP with me. 
Here's a link to the m48 Flange we discuss during the back half of the show, guaranteed to make your Rokinon/Samyang 135 a better rig!
First Light Optics M48 to Samyang/Rokinon 135 Flange
The Bambuu Labs 3d printing debacle!
Great USB Cables we were discussing
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Hey Guys!
Happy weekend :)

<3 Roo
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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 capturing his own transit, and will definitely keep you posted on how his progress goes, as he makes it! If there's enough interest in this, I would consider doing a video episode going through all the steps!
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LINKS from this week's episode! 
The Swarthmore Transit Finder - Find a transit happening in a solar system "near" you tonight! 
How to observe exoplanets (part of the NASA Exoplanet Watch programme) - The how! Read this first, to get a better understanding! 
Information about EXOTIC (EXOplanet Transit Interpretation Code) - Definitely check this out.
The google form for EXOTIC advanced - You'll definitely need this!

Joriks Astrobin - WOW!!! I'm glad you did this, Jorik! Amazing images!
And here's Roo's Astrobin - though it definitely needs some more photos! That'll be coming this summer, for sure. 

As a reminder, I'll be ON THE ROAD from June 12-22nd, so episodes will be flakey during this period...but stay tuned, cause it's gonna be worth it when we get back!
Cover photo this week - credit to Acererak! Great image!
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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
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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!
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We'll be off next week to take time for editing a HUGE episode that is coming up soon, but we'll see you in Mid-May! Happy early Milky Way season, get out there and see it! No excuses!
If you'd like to see the photo Roo got from this trip, check it out here on the FB Page for The Astrocast. For 1 hour of exposures it came out pretty cool! 
Move Shoot Move Nomad - Currently sold out - but keep checking back!
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