Dean Regas is an American astronomer, public speaker, author, and television host. He is most widely known as the cohost of the syndicated television showStar Gazers, which airs daily on more than 100 PBS stationsaround the world. He has been the Outreach Astronomer for the Cincinnati Observatory since 2000 where he specializes 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 cohosts with Cincinnati Observatory Development Director Anna Hehman.
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. He has since become an expert in observational astronomy. Regas delivers about 150 astronomy talks per year around the region and across the country to audiences of all ages
''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.. Along with astronomer James C. Albury, have co-hosted the show since 2011. Regas and Albury are the main writers and presenters for 104 episodes per year that air for free on PBS stations around the world
Author
In 2000 he began writing astronomy articles for the Cincinnati Enquirer 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, and he blogged for The Huffington Post from 2013-2018
Awards and recognitions
Winner of Astronomy Magazine’s 2008 “Out-of-this-World” Award for astronomy education
Recipient of a NASA ROSES grant for Future Galileos, a project that awarded 100 quality telescopes to educators in the Cincinnati area
