Local astronomer Dean Regas teases exciting spectacles appearing in the sky this summer

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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, 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 where he specialized in astronomy education and public speaking. Regas is the author of three books Facts From Space!, 100 Things to See in the Night Sky, and 100 Things to See in the Southern Night Sky. He is a Contributing Editor to Sky & Telescope magazine and a contributor to Astronomy magazine. Regas is a frequent guest on nationally broadcast radio shows Science Friday and Here and Now. In 2017 he created a podcast for popular astronomy called Looking Up, which he co-hosts with Cincinnati Observatory Development Director Anna Hehman.
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- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: astronomer, television presenter, orator, writer
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