THE 2003 STELLAFANE CONVENTION
POST-CONVENTION PAGE
The 2003 post-convention pages will be updated as photos and reports from the convention arrive. Please ?subject=2003 Convention">send your photos and reports and they will be posted here. Thanks!
YOUR PHOTOS, REPORTS AND INPUT MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!
If you attended the Stellafane convention this year, please - please - please ?subject=2003 Convention Comment">send us your photos, reports, suggestions and comments. After the 2001 convention, we received reports and photos from only four people. You may think that your photos and experiences are not important but this is NOT the case! Photos and reports from many people will enable the 2003 convention web pages to give a much more comprehensive view of the convention. And, we need to have your points of view as to what's good and what needs work to continue to improve the convention. Thanks!
WATCH THE 2003 KEYNOTE TALK BY ALAN HIRSHFELD!
(Posted August 11, 2003)
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| Alan Hirshfeld giving the key note talk. |
Alan Hirshfeld giving the key note talk. |
Right click and select "save target as" to download the AV file of the 2003 Key Note talk by Alan Hirshfeld (13.0 Meg file).
WATCH THE 2003 SHADOWGRAM BY DAVID LEVY!
(Posted August 6, 2003)
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| David Levy giving the Shadowgram. |
David Levy and John Martin. |
David Levy's Shadowgram presentation places John Martin in the "top three" Stellafane bright stars, along with Russell Porter and Walter Scott Houston. He also added names of some of the many, many other people who have worked hard and enthusiastically to make Stellafane the special place and experience that it is today.
Right click and select "save target as" to download the AV file of the 2003 Shadowgram by David Levy (7.4 Meg file).
WATCH THE 2003 STELLAFANE TECHNICAL TALKS!
(Posted August 9, 2003)
(Photos by Paul Hyndman)
Eric Ng (from Hong Kong) & Tan Wei-Leong (from Singapore)
"Pushing the Limits of Resolution in Lunar & Planetary Imaging w/ a Webcam"
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| Eric Ng | Tan Wei Leong |
Right click and "save target as" (19.4 meg file).
Kris Larsen
"Mirror Grinding for/by Dummies"
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Right click and "save target as" (5.5 meg file).
Brad Vietje
"Pitch Laps 101"
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Right click and "save target as" (11.3 meg file).
John Briggs
"Amazing Solar Telescopes by George Ellery Hale"
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Right click and "save target as" (11.5 meg file).
THANKS TO THOSE WHO GAVE THE 2003 ATM SHORT TALKS!
(Posted August 11, 2003)
The Springdield Telescope Makers would like to give special thanks to Mike Hill, Mario Motta and David Siegrist from the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston and Richard Parker from the Astronomical Society of Greater Hartford for volunteering to give the ATM short-talks.
What subjects would you like to see discussed at next year's ATM Short Talks? Please ?subject=2004 ATM Short Talk Suggestion">let us know
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Mike Hill spoke on "Newtonian Basics and the Parabola".
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David Siegrist spoke on "Rough and Fine Grinding".
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Mario Motta spoke on "Polishing".
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Richard Parker spoke on "Figuring".
THANKS TO THE 2003 TELESCOPE JUDGES
(Posted August 12, 2003)
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| Dave Kelly studying the fine details of a telescope. |
Dave Kelly, chairman of the mechanical judging. |
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| George East recording his thoughts on a telescope. |
George East studying a Dobsonian telescope. |
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| John Vogt | John Vogt studying the fine finish on a telescope tube. |
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| Matt Marulla taking in the details of the auto-focus software. |
Matt Marulla discussing 'scope details with the other judges. |
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| Phil Rounsville looking at the details on a telescope. |
Phil Rounsville organizing his notes on the telescopes. |