2010 Convention Photo Gallery

Page 2 of 2: Photos by the Convention Attendees

Here are photos of the 2010 Convention by the Convention Attendees. We appreciate receiving photos and reports from attendees and will publish them on these web pages; please e-mail them to us (and any suggestions you may have for improving the convention, or topics you would like to see covered in next year's convention).

So whether you attended and want to try to find yourself in photo, or you couldn't attend and want to see what went on, you can spend some time browsing our gallery of general photos. Go to Page 1: Photos by the Springfield Telescope Makers. 

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Photos by Convention Attendees

The Lunar Morphology Workshop, held on Thursday at the Hartness House. Photos by Dan Lorraine.
Bert Willard, STM Historian Bert Willard	Chuck Wood Chuck Wood	Peter Schultz Peter Schultz	Bill Sheehan Bill Sheehan	Tom Dobbins Tom Dobbins	Ronald Doel Ronald Doel
Photos by Tom Lovely
Four Guys: Dennis Cassia, Joe Rao, John Bortle, Sam Storch. Four Guys	Break time in Pine Island. Gary Cisklak holds his dog, Picasso. Break Time	Saturday Morning at the Swap Tables. Swap Tables	Member's Telescopes behind the clubhouse. Member Scopes	The Stellafane Clubhouse on a beautiful, clear day. Clubhouse	Telescopes cover the field in front of the clubhouse. Scope Field
Inside the clubhouse, Alan Tinker, Paul Valleli and Mike Heliba are ready to recive guests. Clubhouse	Al Rifkin's Lego Scope. Lego Scope	Brad Vietje points out a Sunspot in the Porter Turret Telescope. Sunspots	The Main Observing Field on Saturday Afternoon. The smoke is from the chicken barbeque at the food tent. Observing Field	The Oldest (Andrew Simoni) and Youngest at the Saturday Evening Program. Young & Old	A photo of the night sky. Night Sky
Solar Photo by Joseph Comeau of the Vermont Astronomical Society
	Solar Flares taken at the 2010 Stellafane Convention. Solar Flares
Photos by Phil Levine
	Al Nagler looks thorugh a binocular solar scope, Howie Glatter is to the right. Solar Binos	The Bunkhouse becomes the T-Shirt sales center at convention. T-Shirts For Sale	Setting up near the Mcgregor on the main observing field. Setting Up	Al Takeda sets up for a workshop on astro-imaging with a DSLR. Al Takeda
Photos by Madeline Bodin of Andover, VT
A well made Bowling Ball Mount near the clubhouse. Ball Mount	Shane LaPieerre's truss-tube Dobsonian. Shane LaPierre	This warning sign is on the road to the clubhouse. No Lights!	The scope, wrapped in protective mylar during the day, reminds me of a silver pickle. Silver Pickle?	Liz Sharpe (right) shows her 'Kitchen Telescope' to Tatiana Malikowski. Liz Sharpe	Bruce Berger's 007 briefcase. High-Tech
Photos by Dick Koolish, ATMoB
Junie Esslinger measures the focal length of Merideth Muller's mirror using the reflected image of the sun and a ruler. Jim Beaty looks on. Focal Length	Grit display, built by Ken Slater in 2002 and refurbished over the last winter after some hard use over the years. Grit Display	A young girl grinds at the ATM demo. Young Grinder	A horse shoe in flight at the horse shoe pitching contest. Horse Shoes	Dave Kelly at work at the testing demonstration. Dave Kelly	A beautiful old brass refactor on display at convention. Old Refractor
Ross Sackett's fine scope won a craftsmanship award. Sackett's Scope	The Stellafane Observatory National Historic Landmark plaque. Historic Plaque	Uranus, last stop on the planet walk. We could not fit Pluto on our property, and asked the IAU to delist it as a planet, which they did for us :-) Planet Walk	Heavy smoke as chicken and corn cook for the Saturday evening barbeque. Barbeque	Dennis di Cicco under the Sky & Telescope shelter. Dennis di Cicco	' The orignal red 'flashlight'. Red Flashlight'
Photos by Glenn Wester of Long Island, NY
	Everyone is busy setting up for the night's observing. Setting Up	John Vogt's 32-inch Cellular Mirror. 32" Cellular	Night falls and the observing field is a hive of activity. Nightfall!	With John Vogt's 32" in the foreground, The Milky Way lights up the sky. Taken with a Canon Rebel T21, 30mm, 15 second exposure. Sagittarius

Photos by Peter Barvoets
Nice panorama from the front of the clubhouse. Clubhouse Panorama (3,496×808, 890 kB)			Detail on the clubhouse rain gutter. Gutter Detail
		The Clubhouse reflected in the Porter Turret Telescope primary mirror. Clubhouse PTT	Colorful Filters on the nose of the this well equiped Dobsonian. Colorful Filters	The Roof of the Mcgregor Observatory glows majestically. Majestic Roof	Looking throught the iron tube parts of the 24" Clark reflector. Dark Clark

Photos by Sam Storch
The Stellafane Clubhouse during Convention 2010. Clubhouse	The orginal Stellafane Little Man. Little Man	The Porter Turret Telescope from the north. Porter Turret	The US Geologic Survey Marker in front of the clubhouse. Geologic Marker	3 Conventioneers: Bob Farrell, Sam Storch, George Lomaga. 3 Conventioneers	Sam revieves a NERAL award from Maryann Arien. (Photo by Ken Spencer) Sam's Award
Panoramic photos by Phil Harrington Press the 'F' key after expansion to blow up to full size, then use your browser's scroll bars to move around)
The Porter Turret Telescope and the Stellafane Clubhouse in this east looking view of Breezy Hill. Breezy Hill looking east (3,650 × 1,024, 914kB)
Telescopes on the field north of the Stellafane Clubhouse, many in of which are entered in the Telescope Competition. Breezy Hill looking southwest (7,489 × 1,024, 7.25MB)
Looking north and uphill across the Main Observing Field toward the McGregor Observatory. Stellafane East looking north (4,870 × 1,024, 1.54MB)
Photos by Dan Loraine
Dick parker with a 6" objective and cell he made. Dick Parker	A flag flies over Convention on Breezy Hill. Flag over Porter	People study the boom of the Porter Turret Telescope. Porter Turret	Alan Hall presents a talk in the Pavilion. Alan Hall	A late afternoon view of the read of the Stellfane Clubhouse. Clubhouse Rear	Tony Tripodi looks through a solar scope. Jack Szelka stands to the right. Tony Tripodi
Photos by Adrian Hlynka
Conventioneers and a Refractor are shillohetted against the sky. Sillohette	Al Takeda is giving his DSLR Astro Imagaing seminar. Astro Imaging	In this highly processed image, clouds have a surreal look. Surreal Cloulds	Mary Solis shows off a tied-died Stellafane T-Shirt in the afternoon sun. Mary Solis	In a pose reminescent of the Stellafane Little Man logo, a woman looks through a refractor - all she needs is an umbrella and top hat! Little Woman?	Every scope should have a coffee cup holder! Coffee Ready!

Photos by Paul Walker
Wide-field mosaic of Sagittarius & Southern Ophiuchus region. Wide-field mosaic of Sagittarius & Southern Ophiuchus region				3 image mosaic: 7'×3', 6'×3', 6'×3' Covers about 25°×28° 50mm f/1.4 at f/3.5, ISO 1600 Exp 3min, Field of view: 16°×25° Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D) with Orion Broadband LP Filter
Southern Milky Way over the Porter Turret Telescope and Stellafane Clubhouse. Porter Turret & Clubhouse	Persied meteor streaks at right of top center, while a multitude of lights on the ground reveal plenty of activity on this beautiful night. Porter Turret & Persied Meteor	Wide Field Cygnus. Wide Field Cygnus		Wide Field Cygnus 50mm f/1.4 at f/3.5, ISO 1600 Exp 10×3min Field of view: 16°×25°   Modified Canon Rebel XT (350D) with Orion Broadband LP Filter

Panoramic photos by Mark Meredith

Breezy Hill on Saturday Morning, looking south. Breezy Hill on Saturday Morning, looking south.

Breezy Hill on Saturday Morning, looking north from the clubhouse. Breezy Hill on Saturday Morning, looking north from the clubhouse.

Photo by Mike Kozicki of the Springfield Stars (Massachusetts).
	Breezy Hill on Saturday Evening Breezy Hill	Breezy Hill on Saturday Evening Nikon D60, f/3.5, 30 seconds.
Photos by Mark Kuba of Chicago, IL
The Convention entrance banner. Welcome!	Mark's Sears Refractor on the observing field. Mark's Refractor	A view of the clubhouse from the rear. The Clubhouse	The clubhouse during convention in its glorious bright pink. Glorious Pink	The symbolic oxbow hangs on the clubhouse, represetnative of the shardowgram of a parabolic surface. Symbolic Oxbow	Dave Groski restored an antique Fecker Celestar reflector and won an award for the nice work he did on it. Groski's Award
Photos by Harry Drake of ATMoB
Long shadows early on Saturday morning at the swap tables. Early Saturday...	Looking over the goods at the swap tables. ...Swap Tables	Conventioneers and Telescopes on Breezy Hill. Breezy Hill	Tom Lumenello's 5-inch Folded Refractor Folded Refractor	A truss tube Dobsonian on the observing field. Trussed Dob	Looking west from Breezy Hill to the Green Mountians. Western View
Photos by Rich Sanderson
Peter Schultz speaks at the Lunar Morphology Workshop. Peter Schultz	Charles Wood in the ATM Museum. Charles Wood	Peter Schultz and Charles Wood chat in the ATM Museum. Peter & Charles	Bill Sheehan speaks at the Lunar Morphology Workshop. Bill Sheehan	Tom Dobbins speaks at the Lunar Morphology Workshop. Tom Dobbins	Panel Session at the Lunar Morphology Workshop. Panel Session
The Hartness Turret Telescope. Hartness Turret	Lunar Morphology Workshop speakers on the lawn of the Hartness House. Lunar Speakers	Bowling Ball Mount in front of the clubhouse. Ball Mount	Robert C. Pfaff's 12½" f/11.5 Schmidt-Cassegrain. Pfaff's Scope	Gerry Logan's 6.3" f/12 APO Refractor. Logan's Scope	Dave Groski's restored ~1957 4" f/8 Fecker-Celestar Groski's Scope
Dick Parker's 16" Casegrain dwarfs Ken Slater's 6" yellow Dobsonian. 16" Cassegrain	Member's scopes behind the clubhouse. Member's Scopes	John Gallagher & Brad Vietje prepare to give a Porter Turret Telescope tour on Friday afternoon. Turret Tour	The Swap Tables early Saturday mroning. Swap Tables	Kerry & Linda Hurd with an Emmy Award they won this year. The Hurds	Late Saturday afternoon and many telescopes have been removed from the field. Saturday PM
Dave Kelly talks to conventioneers with his hand on his nicely made telescope. Dave Kelly	Breezy Hill on late Saturday afternnon. Breezy Hill	Gerry Logan points out something on his folded refractor. Gerry Logan	Real Manseau with his historical reproductions. Reproductions	Looking out the clubhouse windows. Clubhouse View	A "Department Store" scope carries the warning "What Not to Buy" Bad Scope

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