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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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