THE STELLAFANE VIRTUAL MUSEUM

Welcome to the Stellafane Virtual Museum.

Welcome to the Virtual Museum operated by the Springfield Telescope Makers. All of the photos included here are of items that can be found in our real museum, opened in 1975, located in three underground rooms at the Hartness House Inn in Springfield, Vermont. You can plan a visit to the museum during the Stellafane convention (Friday 5pm to 8pm and Sunday 9am to noon). Admission is free! We are interested in considering new items regarding amateur telescope making to be added to the museum and ?subject=Virtual Museum">welcome inqiries.

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE

All images in the Stellafane Virtual Museum are maintained and copyrighted © 2003 by the Springfield Telescope Makers. If you would like to use an image please ?subject=Virtual Museum Question">ask.

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STELLAFANE VIRTUAL MUSEUM

/images/history/virtual_museum/museum023_small.jpg" height="200" width="200" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> 200-Inch Dome Palomar Mt., pencil and chalk, 1939, 17x17 inches, R. W. Porter.
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/images/history/virtual_museum/museum024_small.jpg" height="200" width="300" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> Drawing depicting how the knife-edge produces shadows, 1936, 12x8 inches, R. W. Porter. Gift from Miriam Houston, 1995.
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/images/history/virtual_museum/museum025_small.jpg" height="200" width="170" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> Drawing of preparing the polisher (pouring the pitch lap), no date, R. W. Porter. Gift from Alan Mackintosh.
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/images/history/virtual_museum/museum026_small.jpg" height="200" width="280" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> TN casting by Fred Ferson and R. W. Porter.
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/images/history/virtual_museum/museum027_small.jpg" height="200" width="200" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> TN casting, “The Mirror Maker,” by Fred Ferson and R. W. Porter
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/images/history/virtual_museum/museum028_small.jpg" height="200" width="300" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> TN casting, the mirror testing stand, by Fred Ferson and R. W. Porter, 1940.
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/images/history/virtual_museum/museum029_small.jpg" height="200" width="270" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> Bronze moving model of the 200-inch Hale telescope inside dome by R. W. Porter.
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/images/history/virtual_museum/museum030_small.jpg" height="200" width="240" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> Bronze moving model of the 200-inch Hale telescope with aluminum dome in place by R. W. Porter.
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/images/history/virtual_museum/museum031_small.jpg" height="200" width="300" alt="Virtual Museum Image" hspace="10"> 2 1/2-inch Newtonian telescope. The mirror was ground and polished by Caroline Porter under the guidance of her father, while she was a young girl living in Springfield, Vermont, sometime between 1919 and 1929. The rest of the telescope was made by R. W. Porter.
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Revised: March 10, 2003