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]
Dean was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio and both of his parents are Greek-Americans. He moved to Cincinnati in 1992 to attend Xavier University where he received a B.A. in history and an M.A. in secondary education.[14]
Cincinnati Observatory
Regas began his career at the Cincinnati Observatory as a volunteer in 1998. He was hired in 2000 as the Outreach Educator, tasked with bringing astronomy programs to schools around the area.[14] He has since become an expert in observational astronomy.[15] Regas delivers about 150 astronomy talks per year around the region and across the country to audiences of all ages.[3] He stopped working for the observatory in 2023.[2]
Star Gazers
Star Gazers is a weekly television program, a 1-minute and a 5-minute version, that covers what people can observe in the night sky from their backyards. Regas guest-hosted Star Gazers in 2010.[16] Along with astronomer James C. Albury, have co-hosted the show since 2011.[17] Regas and Albury are the main writers and presenters for 104 episodes per year that air for free on PBS stations around the world.[1]
Author
In 2000 he began writing astronomy articles for The Cincinnati Enquirer[18] and has since written more than 120 pieces about observational astronomy. His articles have also appeared in Sky & Telescope Magazine, Astronomy Magazine, and USA Today,[19] and he blogged for The Huffington Post from 2013 to 2018.[20]
Books
Facts From Space!: From Super-Secret Spacecraft to Volcanoes in Outer Space, Extraterrestrial Facts to Blow Your Mind. (Adams Media, 2016). ISBN9781440597015
100 Things to See in the Night Sky: From Planets and Satellites to Meteors and Constellations, Your Guide to Stargazing. (Adams Media, 2017; Expanded edition, 2020). ISBN9781507205051
100 Things to See in the Southern Night Sky: From Planets and Satellites to Meteors and Constellations, Your Guide to Stargazing. (Adams Media, 2018). ISBN9781507207802
How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto: The Cutting-Edge Space Science of the Solar System. (Britannica Books, 2022). ISBN9781913750510
1,000 Facts About Space. (National Geographic Kids, 2022). ISBN9781426373428.
Awards and recognitions
Winner of Astronomy Magazine's 2008 "Out-of-this-World" Award for astronomy education[21]
Recipient of a NASA ROSES grant (2010-2012) for Future Galileos, a project that awarded 100 quality telescopes to educators in the Cincinnati area[22]
↑ 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. ISBN978-1440597015. OCLC974133679.
↑ 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. ISBN978-1507205051. OCLC1016962715.
↑ 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. ISBN978-1507207802. OCLC1043041975.
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