Dean Regas

Regas on NASA Night Sky Network webinar in 2019

Dean Regas is an American astronomer, public speaker, author, and television host. He is most widely known as the cohost of the syndicated television show Star Gazers,[1] which airs daily on more than 100 PBS stations around the world. He was the Outreach Astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory from 2000 to 2023[2] where he specialized in astronomy education and public speaking.[3] Regas is the author of three books Facts From Space!,[4] 100 Things to See in the Night Sky,[5] and 100 Things to See in the Southern Night Sky.[6][7]

He is a Contributing Editor to Sky & Telescope[8] magazine and a contributor to Astronomy magazine.[9] Regas is a frequent guest on nationally broadcast radio shows Science Friday[10] and Here and Now.[11][12] In 2017 he created a podcast for popular astronomy called Looking Up, which he cohosts with Cincinnati Observatory Development Director Anna Hehman.[13]

  1. ^ "Star Gazers". PBS. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "After departing the Cincinnati Observatory, astronomer Dean Regas plans to keep looking up". WVXU. August 4, 2023.
  3. ^ "Dean Regas: Your Astronomer". Cincinnati Observatory. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ^ Regas, Dean (2016). Facts from Space!: From Super-Secret Spacecraft to Volcanoes in Outer Space, Extraterrestrial Facts to Blow Your Mind!. Avos, MA: Adams Media. ISBN 978-1440597015. OCLC 974133679. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ Regas, Dean (2018). 100 Things to See in the Night Sky: From Planets and Satellites to Meteors and Constellations, Your Guide to Stargazing. Holbrook, MAS: Adams Media. ISBN 978-1507205051. OCLC 1016962715. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ Regas, Dean (2018). 100 Things to See in the Southern Night Sky: From Planets and Satellites to Meteors and Constellations, Your Guide to Stargazing. Avon, MA: Adams Media. ISBN 978-1507207802. OCLC 1043041975. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Dean Regas: About the Author". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. ^ Regas, Dean. "The Not-Quite Closing of Yerkes Observatory". Sky & Telescope: The Essential Guide to Astronomy. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. ^ Regas, Dean. "Cincinnati Observatory Center's 40 Galileos Starry Messenger Project". Astronomy. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Dean Regas". Science Friday. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  11. ^ "From the Milky Way to 'Oumuamua, 2018 Was A Busy Year In Space". Here & Now. WBUR. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  12. ^ "Stargazing This Summer? Here's How To Point Out Planets And Constellations". Here & Now. WBUR. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Podcast Directory: Looking Up". NPR. Retrieved 30 April 2019.