THE 2004 STELLAFANE CONVENTION
POST-CONVENTION PAGE

The 2004 post-convention pages will be updated as photos and reports from the convention arrive. Please ?subject=2004 Convention">send your photos and reports and they will be posted here. Thanks!

Join the Springfield Telescope Makers for a weekend of camping and observing on Breezy Hill on September 17th and 18th. If you have any questions please ?subject=Star Party Question">ask. Hope for clear skies!

YOUR PHOTOS, REPORTS AND INPUT MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!

If you attended the Stellafane convention this year, please - please - please ?subject=2004 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 2004 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!

THANKS TO ALL!!

The Springfield Telescope Makers would like to thank the people who braved the weather and attended the 2004 Stellafane convention. Despite a bit of rain on Friday, the weather cleared and dried enough for the telescope mechanical competition on Saturday. We would like to offer a special thanks to those who donated to the Flanders Pavilion Fund! As those who attended the convention noticed, work is progressing on the preparation of the grounds for the pavilion. The primary obstical to the completion of this project is simply raising the necessary funds to purchase the building. Thanks to your generous donations we are continuing to approach that goal and hope to have the pavilion completed soon.

Sincerely, your friends, the Springfield Telescope Makers.

THANKS TO THE RAFFLE DONORS!!

The Springfield Telescope Makers would like to thank the following people and/or companies for donating prizes to the raffle at the 2004 Stellafane convention. In no particular order:

Sky Publishing Corp., Chroma Technologies, Televue Optics, Roger W. Tuthill Inc., Skyscrapers, Inc., Howie Glatter, Zengineering, Gary Hand, Afocal, FAR Labs, Kris Larsen, Joel Huntzel, Astronomy Shoppe and Phil Harringtion.

The money raised from the raffle goes right back into preparing for the next year's convention and to make capital improvements to the convention site. If you donated a prize to the raffle drawing and are not on this list please ?subject=2004 Convention">let us know. Thanks!

Photos by Mike Gondek, Jr.

JOHN MARTIN RECEIVES THE ASTRONOMICAL LEAGUE AWARD

John Martin, member of the Speingfield Telescope Makers and Site Manager at Stellafane, was presented the "Astronomical League Award" at the 2004 Stellafane convention. The "Astronomical League Award" is the League’s highest award and is presented to an amateur or professional astronomer who has made worthwhile contributions to the science of astronomy on a national or international level.

Photos of John Martin

BOB CRELIN RECEIVES THE WALTER SCOTT HOUSTON AWARD FOR HIS WORK
IN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION

Maryann Arrien presents Bob Crelin the 2004
Walter Scott Houston Award at the 2004 Stellafane convention.

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HELP SUPPORT THE FLANDERS PAVILION!

Following the tradition set down by our founder, Russell W. Porter, the Springfield Telescope Makers continually work to improve the Stellafane convention to give amateur telescope makers an opportunity to gather, show off their creations and teach each other telescope making and mirror grinding techniques. The current project to continue that tradition is the construction of the “Flanders Pavilion”. This 6000 square foot meeting hall will provide a dry and comfortable environment for lectures and demonstrations on telescope and mirror making both during the Stellafane convention and for public classes at other times of the year. It is hoped that this facility will be completed by the 2005 Stellafane convention. To accomplish this goal the Springfield Telescope Makers need your help to raise the funds necessary for the completion of this ambitious project that will greatly improve the quality of the convention.

Proposed Flanders Pavilion

If you would like more information or are interested in donating to this project please click here. All contributions will be gratefully accepted and no donation is too small. The Springfield Telescope Makers is a tax exempt organization under section 501(c)3 of IRS regulations. All donations are tax deductible.

Photos by Liebrecht Venter