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Stellafane 2009

Many Skyscrapers attended the Stellafane convention in Springfield Vermont from Thursday, August 13 to Saturday, August 15. In addition, a few members attended the Antique Telescope lectures at the Hartness House on Thursday. Bob Horton and Jack Szelks entered telescopes to be judged in the optical and mechanical competitions, and Al Hall built some optics testing equipment which was entered into the mechanical special category. We were treated with three nights of exceptional weather, a rarity for Stellafane conventions.

Stellafane

Skyscrapers camp at Stellafane

Stellafane

Hartness Turret Telescope

Hartness Telescope

Hartness Telescope seen from the dining room

Hartness House in Springfield

Porter Garden Telescope patent

Original Porter Garden Telescope with 2 eyepieces

Jim Hendrickson looks through a replica Porter Garden Telescope

Jim Hendrickson at the eyepiece of the Hartness Telescope

Glenn Jackson and Alan Bean

Alan Bean

Alan Bean and Jim Hendrickson

Alan Bean with model LEM and Saturn V

Alan Bean dinner

Al answers questions about his testing equipment

The observing field at McGreggor Hill

Minimalist Dob

Glenn Jackson camping at Stellafane

Normand Fullum scopes

Breezy Hill on Saturday afternoon

Tony Costanza Unitron

Porter Turret configured for solar projection

Ball scope

$STM Refractor Interest Group$

Solar projection through the Porter Turret

Joe Jack Glenn and Dan unloading Jacks scope at Stellafane

Glenn Dan Jack and John

Dolores Rinaldi at Stellafane

$Dick Parker refractor$

$Dick Parker refractor on Breezy Hill$

Collimating a 28 inch

Jack Szelka sets up his scope at Stellafane

Jack and Dan

Porter Turret Telescope

Frank Al and Bob

Bob Horton checks collimation

Bob Horton and Al Hall display their products at Stellafane

Al Hall testing equipment

Al Hall at Stellafane

Unobstructed reflector

scopes at Stellafane

On Breezy Hill

Dick Parker

Stellafane