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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 the week", Veralux Hypermetric Stretch (That's a moutful!) along with many other topics, including an announcement about a change to the shows format starting in 2026!!! I know it sounds scary, but believe me, this is for the best, and will mean BETTER QUALITY episodes, full stop! 

A huge congrats to John Walsh for winning this weeks #socialmediastardust challenge! You can check out his photo here! It's also this weeks cover art, I hope you don't mind John! i did watermark it for ya ;) 

Links from this weeks episode:

Sky Quality Meter (SQM) - https://bit.ly/3MJaDse

Leviathan Optic Spectral Pro - https://shop.leviathanoptical.com/products/leviathan-spectral-pro

Windy (iOS and Android) - https://www.windy.com

Meteor Shower Calendar! - https://www.imo.net/resources/calendar/

Rain Sensor (2 pack) - https://amzn.to/4awuJzQ

Dark Dragon Astronomy - https://darkdragonsastro.com/

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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 me on much of this, and that's okay! Building a PC is great because you can make it a thousand different ways, and none are truly "wrong"! 

 Also - congrats to Ben for winning this weeks #socialmediastardust challenge! Finally - we end the episode with an AWESOME song! Welcome back, indeed! Remember - you can always support the show by using any of the above links to make your purchases for AP, it helps a lot! 

Have you gotten your Astrocast Merch yet??? There's still time for Christmas! 

Links from this week's show: 

PCPartPicker.com

ASI4400 MC Pro

DragonLight Mobile (Flat Panel App for iPad)

And a link to our always great sponsor and friends of the show, Dark Dragons Astronomy!

If you haven't yet, please consider donating to the show's Patreon and (more importantly) becoming a member of our private, members-only Discord!!! Shout out to our newest member, Jason!  If you just wanna be awesome, you can also show your love by buying me a coffee! This show is 100% ad free because of listeners like you, and supporters like Dark Dragons Astronomy! 

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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 clearer skies than us! 

<3 

Roo

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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! 

Visit The Astrocast on Facebook!

If you haven't yet, please consider donating to the show's Patreon and (more importantly) becoming a member of our private, members-only Discord!!! Shout out to our newest member, Jason!  If you just wanna be awesome, you can also show your love by buying me a coffee! This show is 100% ad free because of listeners like you, and supporters like Dark Dragons Astronomy! 

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Thanks for listening, clear skies!

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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 know, the usual! Shout out to Jon and James, new member of the Patreon/Discord Fam! Welcome to the group my friends! 

Links from this weeks show: 

DragonLight Mobile (Flat Panel App for iPad)

Astronomy Tools Under/Oversampled Calculator! 

Congrats to Matthew Sunkin! This week's #SocialMediaStardust winner! Check out his photo here!

If you haven't yet, please consider donating to the show's Patreon and (more importantly) becoming a member of our private, members-only Discord!!! Shout out to our newest member, Jason!  If you just wanna be awesome, you can also show your love by buying me a coffee! This show is 100% ad free because of listeners like you, and supporters like Dark Dragons Astronomy! 

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Thanks for listening, clear skies!

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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 Nebula in Orion, and SVBONY coming in to its own as a hardware manufacturer! 

Links from this weeks show: 

SVBONY Filter Drawer

SVBONY Filter Drawer (2 pack)

SVBONY USB Hub

Evadry Dehumidifier

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

Cosmic Photons Scripts

SETI Astro Scripts

If you haven't yet, please consider donating to the show's Patreon and (more importantly) becoming a member of our private, members-only Discord!!! Shout out to our newest member, Jason!  If you just wanna be awesome, you can also show your love by buying me a coffee! This show is 100% ad free because of listeners like you, and supporters like Dark Dragons Astronomy! 

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FULL LIST OF SCRIPTS FOR PIXINSIGHT (copy each one individually and paste in to your repository section in PI, as described in the episode):

https://www.rc-astro.com/BlurXTerminator/PixInsight
https://www.rc-astro.com/NoiseXTerminator/PixInsight
https://www.rc-astro.com/StarXTerminator/PixInsight
https://www.rc-astro.com/TensorFlow/PixInsight/GPU
https://elveteek.ch/pixinsight-updates/ez-processing-suite/
https://pixinsight.deepskyforge.com/update/graxpert-process/
https://www.ghastro.co.uk/updates/
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/setiastro/pixinsight-updates/main/
https://www.ideviceapps.de/PixInsight/Utilities/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/starreduction/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/screenstars/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-modules/colourmask/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/nbcolourmapper/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-modules/narrowbandnormalization/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/drawannotation/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/bfke/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/colormask/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/closeview/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/copyastrometricsolution/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/hertzsprungrussell/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/pixelmathui/
https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/imageblend/

Thanks for listening, clear skies!

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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 upgraded the trusty Rode PodMic to the legendary Shure SM7B. A giant thank you to all the supporters and longtime listeners of the show, when I started The Astrocast I remember looking at the SM7B and thinking, "I'll never have one of those!" - and now we do! Thank you!!!

THIS WEEK on the show - Roo's recent great luck with clear weather has clearly run out - with a veritable lake of rain hitting Charlotte over the last week, with no end in sight. At least the kids will get no rain for Halloween! Reactions to last weeks episode on Reflect Orbital, plus the man who "finished" astrophotography! We also go over the many uses of GPT for AP, which you may have not thought of! That and so much more, all on this week's Astrocast!

If you haven't yet, please consider donating to the show's Patreon and (more importantly) becoming a member of our private, members-only Discord!!! If you just wanna be awesome, you can also show your love by buying me a coffee! This show is 100% ad free because of listeners like you, and supporters like Dark Dragons Astronomy! 

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

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WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo takes you through some recent news that could potentially have a HUGE impact on the Astronomical community much sooner than you think! Also, how to take flats! 

Links from this weeks show:

Email these jerks and tell them they suck if they put giant mirrors in our night skies

Flat Tracing Panels: https://amzn.to/4ntTrUk

Dark Dragons Astronomy

Scott Meyers: Off to be the Wizard (audiobook)

Scott Meyers: Off to be the Wizard (physical book)

Follow The Astrocast on FB

#StopLightPollution

#DarkSkiesForAll

Join the Patreon community for access to our members only Discord family, the Astrocast Society! We've COMPLETELY rebuilt our Discord from the ground up, and it really is a sight to behold! Special thank you to Tim for all his hard work in recent weeks to get this up to date! THANK YOU to our newest members, Chris, Ken, and Lex!! Welcome to the Astrofam!

Now that there's a bit of chill in the air...Don't forget to get your Astrocast Hoodie!!! OR Bumper Sticker! 

If you'd like to support the show with a one time donation, Buy Me a Coffee — every bit of support helps us continue exploring the night sky together.

We'll be back next week with another all-new episode, and until then - as always - CLEAR SKIES! 

<3

Roo

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 ✨ 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! 

Join the Patreon community for access to our members only Discord family, the Astrocast Society! We've COMPLETELY rebuilt our Discord from the ground up, and it really is a sight to behold! Special thank you to Tim for all his hard work in recent weeks to get this up to date! 

Now that there's a bit of chill in the air...Don't forget to get your Astrocast Hoodie!!! OR Bumper Sticker! 

If you'd like to support the show with a one time donation, Buy Me a Coffee — every bit of support helps us continue exploring the night sky together.

#DarkSkiesForAll 🌠

WELCOME BAAAACK to The Astrocast! This week, Roo takes you through many topics, including two beautiful comets (SWAN and Lemmon) that MAY become Naked Eye visible, as well as becoming a member of the 2600 club! We'll also sit under the stars and catch up with Tauras the The Pleiades for a bit, and wrap things up with some great recommendations! Hope you're all doing GREAT, and I'm super happy to be back! 

We'll be back next week with another all new episode, and until then - as always - CLEAR SKIES! 

<3

Roo

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