Deep Sage Nine StarCast

About Deep Sage Nine StarCast

Deep Sage Nine StarCast: Your Guide to the Cosmos. Explore astronomy for beginners and curious sky watchers! Get the latest astronomy news, learn essential stargazing tips, and discover educational content. Hosted by astrophotographer Jay Shaffer from the Deep Sage Nine Observatory near Taos, New Mexico.

Publisher

Skylapser

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Apr 2025

Latest episode

17 May 2026

Latest episodes

49 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 May 2026

   Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 049

   What’s that Strange Light in the Sky? In this episode of the StarCast, Jay Shaffer and Mike Lewinski wrap up season one by exploring the strange and often misunderstood atmospheric lights that casual observers report in the night sky, from Starlink satellite flares and rocket launch plumes to natural phenomena like persistent meteor ion trains, red sprites, and STEVE.

2. 

   10 May 2026

   Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 048

   In this episode of the StarCast, Jay Shaffer and Mike Lewinski discuss the arrival of the “Golden Nights”—the prime window for astronomical observation—while exploring recent space news including the first direct study of an exoplanet surface and the release of declassified Pentagon UAP files. Episode Links https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanets/how-do-exoplanets-get-their-names Surface-details-on-a-nearby-super-earth https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/lhs-3844-b/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPtvJrzxTrk

3. 

   3 May 2026

   Deep Sage Nine Starcast Episode 047

   In this episode of the Deep Sage Nine StarCast, Jay Shaffer and Mike Lewinski explore the “golden age” of distributed astronomy, discussing how interconnected camera arrays and crowdsourced data from amateur observers are revolutionizing the way we track meteors and visualize the deep universe. https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-next-generation-very-large-array-would-be-263-radio-telescopes-spread-across-north-america

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

131,156

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

73

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

0

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