2011 Convention Photo Gallery

Page 2 of 2: Photos by the Convention Attendees

Here are photos of the 2011 Convention by the Convention Attendees. We appreciate receiving photos and reports from attendees and will publish them on these web pages; please e-mail them to us (and any suggestions you may have for improving the convention, or topics you would like to see covered in next year's convention).

So whether you attended and want to try to find yourself in photo, or you couldn't attend and want to see what went on, you can spend some time browsing our gallery of general photos. Go to Page 1: Photos by the Springfield Telescope Makers. 

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Photos by Convention Attendees

Photos by Jim Hendrickson of Skyscrapers.
The first 9 photos are from the Hartness House Workshop on Meteorites, Meteors & Minor Planets. The organizers are at right, the speakers in the row below.			THe Hartness House Inn in the evening. Hartness House	Dan Lorraine, workshop registrar. Dan Lorraine	John Briggs, workshop orgainzer. John Briggs
Wayne Zuhl Wayne Zuhl	Richard Sanderson Richard Sanderson	Prof. Mike D. Reynolds Prof. Mike D. Reynolds	Dr. J. Scott Stuart Dr. J. Scott Stuart	Prof. Paul P. Sipiera Prof. Paul P. Sipiera	Chris L. Peterson Chris L. Peterson
The welcome sign in the ATM Museum underground at the Hartness House. Museum Welcome	Three early scopes from the 1920's built by the Springfield Telescope Makers. 1920's Scopes	Bert Willard, curator, talks with Dan Lorraine in the Museum. Bert & Dan	View of the Hartness Turret Telescope's tube looking into the twilight sky. Hartness Turret	Jim Beaty peers through the eyepiece of the Hartness Turret Telescope. Jim Beaty	Bert Willard operates the Hartness Turret Telescope Thursday evening after the workshop. Bert Willard
There was a bit of rain on Firday afternoon. Rainy Friday	Saturday morning, the Telescope Field Walk gets organized. Field Walk	Al Takeda with his astro-imaging equipment. Al Takeda	Alan and Sue French. Sue French	John Gallagher demonstrates how to collimate a telescope. John Gallagher	A picturesque sillohette on Breezy Hill. Breezy Hill
A telescope is in use behing the Porter Turret. Behind the PTT	A conventioneer points out something in the sky overhead. Look up there!	The Iridium Flare predicted by Alan Rohwer, our shadowgram speaker and engineer on the Iridum Antennas. Iridium Flare	Milky Way and low clouds looking south from the McGregor Observatory. Looking South	Stars over the Clubhouse on Breezy Hill. Clubhouse	With the Milky Way overhead, many observers are enjoying themselves at Stellafane tonight. Stellafane East
Photos by Dan Lorraine of Skyscrapers
Photos from the Hartness House Workshop on Meteorites, Meteors & Minor Planets.		Dan Lorraine provided the workshop with many great posters. Posters	Richard Sanderson adress the workshop. Speaker	General view of the Hartness House Workshop. Workshop	The Hartness Turret Telescope during the day. Hartness Turret
Photos by Richard Sanderson of the Springfield (MA) Stars Club
One of several rooms in the underground ATM Museum in the Hartness House. Museum Room	Original Painting and resulting Scientific American cover. SciAm Cover	1940 Brass Casting by Russell Porter of the knife-edge test. Brass Tester	Orignal scopes from the 1920's in the museum. Old Scopes	The Hartness Turret Telescope. Hartness Turret	The Brashear Objective of the Hartness Turret Telescope. Brashear Lens
Brad Vietje explains the Porter Turret Telescope from the loading platform stairs. Turret Tout	Sara Schechner speaks in the pavilion. Sara Schechner	Potential purchasers examine the goods at the swap tables. Good Used Stuff!	Late in the day on Breezy Hill, Telescope and Conventioneers wait for nighfall. Breezy Hill	Paul Valleli and Ron Woodland Paul & Ron	John Davis and Dennis diCicco John & Dennis
The conventioneers with candles for theFran Flanders Candlelight Remberance. Fran Flanders Candlelight Remberance			The Springfield Telescope makers hold up candles in remberance of Fran Flanders. STMs with Candles
Photos by Adrian Hlynka
A big red Dobsonian telescope set up on the Stellafane East observing field. Big Red Dob	This wire spider is practically invisible. Wire Spider	Tents on Sue's Field seen through the door of the pavilion. Tents	This solar observer is using a black Stellafane tee-shirt as an observing hood. Hooded View	A telescope shadow is nicely positioned on this yellow tent. Scope Shadow	Dr. Jane Lu delivers the keynote speech Saturday night. Keynote Talk
First photo in natural colors; Last 3 recorded Near Infrared and Red. Red is printed as red; Near IR is shown as blue-green. Three Interesting things to note:   1 High clouds show up in IR,      but  not in Visible light.   2 The distant hills are lit up by      infrared sky glow.   3 You can tell LED flashlights      because they are red; filtered      ones are show as white or blue.		Looking south at the Milky Way from Stellafane East main observing field. Looking South	Red & near-IR photo - see note on gallery page. Red & IR Photo	Red & near-IR photo - see note on gallery page. Red & IR Photo	Red & near-IR photo - see note on gallery page. Red & IR Photo
Photos by Richard Koolish of ATMoB
The Porter Turret Telescope has its Solar Flat installed and is tracking the sun. Porter Turret	The Solar Projection Screen is installed oposite the eyepiece in the Porter Turret Telescope. Solar Projection	Sunspots are visible in a band across the projected solar image. Sunspots	This unique wooden tube clamp 'pinches' the tube. Tube Clamp	The tube clamp workings are more easily seen with the tube removed. Pivoting Clamp	A nice large equitorially mounted scope with a wooden pier. Wood Pier
The Hartness House Inn, home of the ATM Museum and Hartness Turret Telescope. Hartness House	Historal marker commerates many of Gov. Hartness' accomplishments. Hartness Plaque	This long underground tunnerl leads from the basement of the Hartness House to the ATM Museum and Turret Telescope. Long Tunnel	The Hartness Turret Telescope. Hartness Turret	Tube and Turret with it's unique port holes. Hartness Turret	Inside view of the turret (reminds me of a submarine conning tower). Hartness Turret
Photos by Al Takeda
These signs pointed the way to Stellafane, made sure you did not take a wrong turn. Road Sign	Raffle Tickets out of control! Jean Zuhl and Terri Simoni work to get them under control. Too many tickets?	Eileen Myers showing off a great tee-shirt for a child. Eileen Myers	Stella, a husky puppy, with Erin Lowe. Stella & Erin	This tarp served as an umbella for a family on Friday afternoon. Rain Sheild	Mario Motta and Paul Valleli with lightweight Dob. Mario & Paul
This red upper cage assembly has a built-in handle. Red-Nose	The clubhouse is framed by this clamping cradle. Clubhouse	Al Rifkin and Paul Valleli talk on the clubhouse wall. Rif & Paul	Candle and brochure for Fran Flander's memorial. Fran's Memorial	STM's light up their candles. Lighting Up	John Gallagher lights the candles of Rich Sanderson and John Davis. In the background, other STM's are lighting other candles. Pass the Flame
Candles held high for a Candlelight Memorial for Fran Flanders. Candlelight Memorial		Comet Garradd 1 image x 60-second subframe	Comet Garradd. See gallery page for equipment info. Comet Garradd	NGC7000 North American Nebula 3 images x 360-second subframes	NGC7000, the North American Nebual. See gallery page for equipment info. NGC7000
		Images above from 'Deep Sky Imaging with a DSLR' Seminar Using an Unmodified Canon 20D DSLR Astronomik LP filter, Takahashi E-180, f/2.8 Captured and Processed with Images Plus Additional Processing with Adobe Photoshop
Photos by Harry Drake of ATMoB
Browsing at the swap area on Saturday mornng after the big crowds have gone. Swap Tables	Examining telescope on Breezy Hill on a glorius Saturday. Breezy Hill	Sunspots on the solar project screen of the Porter Turret Telescope. Sunspots	The Breezy Hill field covered with telescopes. Scope Field	Mechanical Judge Wayne Hilliard examines a 3 pole Dob mount. Judging	This big red dob was set up on Stellafane East near the domed observatory. Big Red Dob
Photo by Alfonso Navarro
Taken with a Nikon D70 ISO 400, 18mm, f/4 Left 2 photos: 10 minutes Right 2 photos: 20 minutes		The North end of the Milky Way North Milky Way	Rotated view with ground on the bottom. Rotated View	Star fields over the Stellafane East observing field. Stars over Field	Star trails over the Stellafane East observing field. Star Trails
Photos by Jeff Hutton
A three-strut Dobsonian with fine setting circles. 3-strut Dob	Ball Mount made from a lighting fixture. Ball Mount	Lightweight square tube Dobsonian. Lite Square Tube	Alex and his air bearing prototype. Air Bearings	A modern large Dob and the old Porter Turret Telescope. New & Old	A minimalistic Newtonian and its maker. Junior Entry
This all metal tube was a junior entry in the competition. All Metal Dob	This large equitorially mounted scope got a lot of attention on the field. Big & Beautiful	Photon entry port of this Dobsonian. Enter Here	Keynote speaker Dr. Jane Lu and her entoruage. Dr. Jane Lu	Candlelight memoria for Fran Flanders. Candlelight	Conventioneers with candles in honor of Fran Flanders. Candlelight
Photos by Marc Staves
All three shots are from Pine Island campsite. Each exposure ranged from two to four minutes, ISO 400 and the camera was a digital Rebel. Tracking was accomplished with a little device called an Music Box EQ mounted on a standard tripod.			Night sky photo taken from Pine Island camping area.	Night sky photo taken from Pine Island camping area.	Night sky photo taken from Pine Island camping area.
Photos by Phillip Levine
Al Takeda sets up his astrophotography rig. Al Takeda	North view of the Observing Field. North Field	South view of the Observing Field. South Field	Preparing the mount for installing the tube (on seperate cart). Mount Prep	Installing the tube on the mount. Tube Install
Photo by Christopher Pilon			Photo by Manny Monte of ASSNE
	This alien was caught hanging around a tent doorway! Alien			Star Field photo by Manny Monte of ASSNE Star Field

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