The 2025 Stellafane Convention
WILL be held July 24-27.
Registration Opens in or Around May 1st
The 2025 Hartness House Workshop
WILL be held July 24th.
The 2024 Stellafane Convention (Clubhouse Birthday) was held Aug 1-4. Click link to see photos and winners.
The 2026 Stellafane Convention will be held Aug 13-16.
NASA PUNCH mission will contain three TeleVue Optical Lens Assemblies
TeleVue Optics take to space!
Introducing Our 2025 Keynote Speaker
Neutrinos and Dark Matter research in an underground facility, oh my!
STMs Experience Glass Blowing!
STMs attend a different kind of Glass Making workshop!
2024 Convention Videos Ready for Viewing
Videos Now Available on our Youtube Channel. Details Inside.
New Stellafane Documentary:
Stellafane And Beyond
Prduced by STM member Doug Arion and documentary filmmaker Tara Zabriskie, coming Summer 2025. Click to View the Trailer.
Now playing on Vermont Public TV is Tara's Documentary on Light Pollution, 'Defending The Dark', on Thursday Oct 24th at 8PM. Please check the schedule for more information.
Build a Telescope!
Complete plans for a
Newtonian Optical Tube
and a
Dobsonian Mount.
Build with homemade or purchased
components (or a mix of both).
Includes plans for a solar filter.
Find what you need on our
Links Page
Our Links Page features thousands of categorized links to telescope making and optics fabrication topics.
Store will reopen again in May
Stellafane Store Closed
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Outreach Program
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