The 2025 Stellafane Convention
WILL be held July 24-27.
Keynote: Stephen Sekula, SNOLAB.
Registration Opens in or Around May 1st
The 2025 Hartness House Workshop
WILL be held July 24th.
Program: ECLECTIC ASTRONOMY IV.
New A/C Unit Installed!
The 2026 Stellafane Convention will be held Aug 13-16.
The Starry Scoop Live
New Podcast from Raymond Fairbanks Youth Outreach Award Recipient Kaitlynn Goulette. Check it out!
Up-All-Night Star-Party: Spring Edition
Come and join us at Stellafane on May 23-24 for some Stargazing. Open to everyone.
STMs At NEAF 2025 Part 2
We had a lot of fun this weekend at NEAF! So glad you could join us! Come see our Photos.
The Spark that Started Convention
A new article taking a look at the events leading up to our very first Convention.
NASA PUNCH mission will contain three TeleVue Optical Lens Assemblies
TeleVue Optics take to space!
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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