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The Astrocast
Christopher Page
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Episode 29 - When Clear Skies Return/Shoot The Moon
Saison 1 · Épisode 29
mardi 27 août 2024 • Durée 01:08:15
Welcome BAAAAACK to The Astrocast!
Thank you SO MUCH for joining us this week, I'm super excited to be back, and we have an awesome show for you!
If you would like to support the show, please chip in a few bucks to our Patreon here, and you'll get access to our members only Discord, a shout out on the show, and a few other things I'm planning for the near future!
A giant THANK YOU to our Patreon Supporters!
- Keri H.
- David B.
-AstroGeek SEK
-Keaton S.
-David H.
This week, Roo recounts the last week of perfectly clear skies in Charlotte NC. He discusses his passion for simplified setups of the best kind, and we also get in to "Shooting the Moon", and we're not talkin' about the Yoyo trick - though he can also do that! (Used to be a Pro YoYoer, believe it or not!)
Links from this week's Episode:
Photos! Moon, Saturn, Venus, etc. Great example video of the ASI585MC Pro on an 80mm doublet as well!
Lukomatico's Ultimate Budget Pier Video
PIPP (planetary imaging software)
Registax (stacking software)
Autostakkert (stacking software)
This weeks recommendation:
Thank Goodness You're Here! - Steam
Thank Goodness You're Here! - Playstation 5 (This may be the best game i've played in a LONG time. I truly can't recommend this enough! Play with friends/family -adults only!- if you wanna all crack up laughing together, I promise you will!)
Thanks so much for joining us as always, we'll be back next week.
Clear skies!!
-Roo
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 28 - One Clear Night
Saison 1 · Épisode 28
jeudi 15 août 2024 • Durée 20:03
Welcome back to The Astrocast!
I hope you all like this weeks episode, it's a little shorter than usual, and the format is definitely different than we normally do, but given this week's schedule constraints, I thought it would be fun.
If you would like to support the show, please feel free to donate via our Patreon! You can find it here.
Please send in your questions, as I'd like to have a Q and A at the end of next week's episode! You can email them to rooastrocast@gmail.com - thanks!
We'll be back next week, thanks for tuning in!!
Clear Skies!
Roo
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 20 - Tools to make you a better Astrophotographer
Saison 1 · Épisode 20
mardi 4 juin 2024 • Durée 01:05:58
What sort of tools can you find online to make you a better Astrophotographer? Better yet, HOW can you use those tools to become better? What sort of apps can make the hobby more fun? This week, Roo is going to dive deep into many of them. We'll cover everything from tools to help you determine if your 'scope is sampled properly, to whether the seeing is good tonight, and many other things you may or may not know about!
Big news! We're starting a MEMBERS ONLY Discord! If you are interested in becoming a member of the group, please join our Patreon, for just $1 or $5 per month. You'll help support The Astrocast by paying for hosting fees, Adobe licenses, etc. It's not cheap to make the show, and every bit of support you guys show helps a LOT! I'll be posting the link for the Discord on the Patreon soon, and you can join me and the other members for a private chat, and ask any questions you have, or just chill with us! Thank you so much!
A friendly heads up, next week, Roo will be out of town on his yearly Dark Sky Trip, so expect the episode to come out Friday or Saturday at a minimum. Depending on what the week is like, it may be a skipper, we'll have to wait and see. I'll post on the Facebook page to let you know. I'm going to get some incredible photos as long as the weather is good, and i'll make sure to share them on the FB page, so please give us a follow if you haven't already!
Thanks so much for listening, clear skies!!!
Links from this weeks Episode:
Astronomy Tools
Astrobin
Astropheric
Clear Sky Chart
APOD
Light Pollution Map
Google Earth
Thanks for tuning in, we'll see you next week!
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 19 - Milky Way Mosaics, and Polar Alignment
Saison 1 · Épisode 19
mercredi 29 mai 2024 • Durée 55:36
Welcome back to The Astrocast! Thanks for waiting an extra week longer than normal, Roo needed a break as he has been in full CRUNCH mode at his day job, and as this is a one man band, occasionally we all need a little time off!
This week, we get into Milky Way Panorama/Mosaic photos, how to do a Polar alignment from start to finish and talk about some cool stuff you may or may not know about Polaris.
If you're interested in supporting the show, you can throw in to the Patreon here! Special thanks to our newest member, Wiley!
If you are wanting to also take panoramic/mosaic photos of the Milky Way, here are the parts you'll need to sit on your star tracker/tripod!
The Ballhead Base
The Panorama Base
The Altitude Base
You may also want to purchase an L bracket, so you can mount your camera Vertically (portrait mode) on top of the setup.
Special thanks to John Rutter Photography, here is a link to his excellent video that shows you exactly how to put these pieces together so you can make your own Milky Way panoramas.
Thanks so much for tuning in to the show, we'll see you next week! Clear Skies!
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 18 - Aurora Borealis!!!
Saison 1 · Épisode 18
mercredi 15 mai 2024 • Durée 56:04
Welcome back to The Astrocast! This week, Roo sits down to talk about the AMAZING experience we all had over the past weekend, getting to experience the Northern Lights in places you normally NEVER do! Which ended up being a majority of the Northern Hemisphere!
He also takes you through an excellent method for finding a dark sky locations on short notice. This method includes using Google Earth for Desktop and Light Pollution Map.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR PHOTOS of the Aurora, or any awesome Astro pics you got this week with the hashtag #TheAstrocast so I can see them all! I'll pick my favorites and post them to the Astrocast Socials, as well as the webpage, which should be up in a few weeks!
If you don't have/like Social Media, feel free to email me your photos at RooAstrocast@gmail.com - I'd love to see them!
Link to my photos on Facebook of the Aurora (feel free to add me/follow!)
Follow The Astrocast on Facebook
I thank you all so much for tuning in this week, and please feel free to email me with any questions, comments, or suggestions you have! Have a great week, and clear skies!
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 17 - Who says we can't go back to normal shows?!
Saison 1 · Épisode 17
mercredi 8 mai 2024 • Durée 01:07:42
WELCOME BACK to the Astrocast! After taking a couple weeks to dive DEEP in to the workings of Pixinsight, we are back to our normal chat! We discuss a wide variety of topics, including the mighty Celestron SCT and Hyperstar combination, the advantages of imaging at F2, and what Roo should start thinking about before building his first home observatory!
A GIANT thank you to our 2 new Patreon Subscribers, David and Keri! Thank you both so much for supporting the show. If you would like to support the podcast, join our Patreon for as low as 1 dollar a month, or if you're feeling quite generous, 5 dollars a month! Your support helps the show pay for hosting, advertising, and all the costs incurred with making a weekly podcast! Join here!
Links to Images discussed in this week's episode:
Sadr Region (25 minutes total integration, F2 @ 135mm)
The Veil Complex (55 minutes total integration, F2 @135mm)
Product Links:
Ulanzi Smartphone Mount for Milky Way Season!
Celestron RASA Astrograph (8 inch model)
Celestron EdgeHD 8 inch SCT (for use with hypserstar)
Hyperstar for EdgeHD 8
Video Links:
Dylan O'Donnell's Excellent Video explaining Encoders
Thank you so much for tuning in this week! If you have corrections from this weeks episode, please email me at RooAstrocast@gmail.com and i'll make sure to include them in next weeks episode. Also, feel free to send any questions you have my way! Clear Skies!
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 16 - Part 2 - The PixInsight Episodes - Processing
Saison 1 · Épisode 16
mercredi 1 mai 2024 • Durée 01:14:10
Welcome back to the 2nd episode in the Pixinsight series of The Astrocast! This week, Roo takes you through the processing portion of using Pixinsight! If you haven't listened to last weeks episode (episode 15) - I would highly recommend you check that out first!
After finishing up last week with a stacked, linear image, we dive in to everything that remains. We will go through stretching the image, using icons to save time, installing plugins and managing repositories, Starnet 2, Graxpert, gradient removal, noise removal, star reduction, and everything in between! Grab a snack and a drink Astrofam, cause this is a BIG one!
Links for this week episode:
M42 and Horsehead Data (Icons are also here! I also put my completed image in this folder, if you want to check it out, using the same data provided here. It won't win any awards, but it'll show you what PI can do!)
Free Trial License request from PixInsight
GraXpert Download/Installer (you must install this the repository entry will work)
Sites to add to your repository list in PI (I recommend you add these all at once, just copy and paste the actual website, the whole https:// and everything after, the parts you need to copy are in bold):
EZ Processing Suite - https://elveteek.ch/pixinsight-updates/ez-processing-suite/
Graxpert - https://www.ideviceapps.de/PixInsight/Utilities/
Star Reduction - https://www.cosmicphotons.com/pi-scripts/starreduction/
Add these to your repositories if you get a purchase or get a free trial of any of the RC Astro Plugins:
BlurXterminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/BlurXTerminator/PixInsight/
NoiseXterminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/NoiseXTerminator/PixInsight/
StarXterminator: https://www.rc-astro.com/StarXTerminator/PixInsight/
Become a Member of The Astrocast Family!
Support the show by giving 1 dollar a month at the "Happy Dude" level! Or 5 dollars a month for added benefits! Visit our Patreon at the link above for more info!
If you enjoyed this series, please let me know! Shoot me an email at the address below or reach out to me on FB or Instagram. I am always super happy to hear from listeners!
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 15 - Part 1 - The Pixinsight Episodes
Saison 1 · Épisode 15
mercredi 24 avril 2024 • Durée 01:05:32
Sorry the episode is a few minutes late! I may be changing the upload time to 9pm EST on Tuesday, just because it's hard to get the edit out by 8. We'll see!
In this week's episode, the first in a series, Roo starts taking you through the ins and outs of Pixinsight. What started as a simple "lets highlight the favorite features of" Pixinsight quickly devolves, right before your ears, into the very process Roo uses to process his own photos. In this first episode, we cover the costs associated with purchasing a license for PI, as well as its competitors. We also go over how to separate your lights from calibration frames, folder structure, and then importing the files into PI so you can properly use the Weighted Batch Preprocessing script. By the end of the episode, you'll have a fully stacked and an auto-stretched image. Next week, we will get into the next steps of processing.
I am including a link to my Google Drive which includes some data you can use to follow along, in case you don't have your own. This is nothing fancy, just some M42 data. Truth be told, I haven't stacked it myself yet. But if it's amazing, let me know. It's from my new 135 rig. There is also a folder that includes my goto Icons for Pixinsight, though we'll go over that in more detail on next weeks episode.
Request a Free Trial of Pixinsight
M42 and Horsehead Data
Lukomaticos Video for Pixinsight Tutorial
Become a Member of The Astrocast Family!
Join our Discord for only $1 a month, to help spread the word about the show!
Thanks so much for listening, as always! Clear skies!
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 14 - Late Overheating PC Edition!
Saison 1 · Épisode 14
jeudi 18 avril 2024 • Durée 57:05
Astrocast Patreon - New $1/month tier to help support the show, details below!
Welcome back, Astro fam! I apologize for the 2-day delay, but the PC was overheating! I took the AIO Watercooler off and the Thermal paste looked absolutely cooked, so I ordered a new tube thinking "surely that's it!", but alas, after replacing the paste, we were still at 90* C right after boot up. I ended up ordering a Noctua Air Cooler to get us back up and running, and we're good to go now!
On this weeks episode, Roo takes you through a NEW hobby for Astronomy that he had heard spoken of many times before, but have never once considsered doing himself for some reason, until it finally struck him like a bolt of ionized O3 nebulosity at 3nm wavelength! We also catch up on what's new in my local night skies and discuss Galaxy Season seemingly FLYING by us! (Which i'm quite happy about!) NEBULA SEASON WILL BE HERE SOON!
Forgive me if all the links for the show aren't here right away. I didn't get to do my full, massive edit I normally do on this episode due to the crash earlier this week, but I thought it was more important to get the content out to you guys ASAP. Whatever I missed i'll come back and add in as soon i'm finished listening to the episode.
NEW Patreon $1/month "Happy Dude" tier! If you would like to support the show, for just 1 dollar a month to help advertise the show in new markets and bring more listeners in to the Astrocast family, please help us out by donating a buck! You'll get access to our Patreon only live chat we'll be holding on our private discord, as well as access to future livestream sessions for instruction and just plain old fun! Go here to join, thank you SO MUCH! Please note - the 5 dollar tier includes a shoutout at the end of an Episode of the Astrocast. I believe I may have mispoken on this weeks episode, but I have to distinguish the two somehow, so thank you for understanding!
Click below to join!
Astrocast Patreon
"Seeing"/Astronomical forecast Apps for iOS and Android:
IOS: iCSC: Clear Sky Chart Viewer
Android: Good To Stargaze (also available on iOS, search for Good to Stargze in appstore)
This weeks reccomendation:
"Letters from an Astrophysicist" by Neil Degrass Tyson
More links to come.
Thanks for listening, clear skies!
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!
Episode 13 - Lets Talk Astro (Part 2)
Saison 1 · Épisode 13
mardi 9 avril 2024 • Durée 56:00
This week Roo talks Shop with you. We recap the Great American Solar Eclipse. Talk about a recent trip down the club Observatory, and even go over something STRANGE we saw in the night sky!
If you would like to show your support , consider becoming a member of our Patreon! For $5 a month, you will help spread the word of The Astrocast to others, so we can grow our family, and reach new audiences all around the world!
Show Links:
My image of Markarians Chain from the new F2 Rig on Saturday night! (Annotated version as well!)
Dark Dragons Astronomy
Astronomy Tools
Astrometry.net for Plate Solving!
3 Sisters Astronomy
Zero Gravity Chairs for Stargazing!
Thanks so much for listening, and we'll be back next week with a new episode! CLEAR SKIES!
Email me at "RooAstrocast@gmail.com" with any questions/comments. Thanks for listening!