2019 Hartness House Workshop
We are pleased to offer a pre-Stellafane workshop all day on Thursday, August 1st, at the historic Hartness House Inn and Hartness-Porter Museum of Amateur Telescope Making located in Springfield, Vermont. Proceeds will support the Hartness-Porter Museum of Amateur Telescope Making, which is run by volunteers from the Springfield Telescope Makers. While associated with the Stellafane Convention, this is a separate event and separate registration and fees apply.
The 2019 Hartness House Workshop on
Advanced Telescope Making
Continuing a series begun in 2009, this year's Hartness House Workshop theme is Advanced Telescope Making, and our slate of both professional and amateur speakers covers a broad range of advanced topics which should be of interest to all advanced amateur telescope makers and users.
The schedule will include special tours of the associated Hartness Observatory and Hartness-Porter Museum of Amateur Telescope Making.
The following is a list of confirmed speakers, which is now complete:
| Richard Berry: | "Amateur Astronomy: The Next Twenty Years" (banquet key-note talk) |
|---|---|
| Clif Ashcraft: | "Building a Schupmann Telescope" |
| Don Dilworth: | "Lens Design, Then and Now" |
| Rick Fienberg: | "A New Era of Professional-Amateur Collaboration in Astronomy" |
| Normand Fullum: | "Bigger, Lighter and Cheaper Mirrors" |
| Dan Gray: | "New Life for Old Telescopes" |
| Anthony Pierra: | "Next Generation of Optical Coatings for Astronomical Observations and the Space Program" |
| Perry Remaklus: | "Writing on Sand: Will This Be the Last Generation of Telescope Makers?" |
| Gary Walker: | "Scientific-CMOS Really sCMAS" |
| William Zmek: | "Interferometry for Amateur Telescope Makers" |
This schedule for both the daytime workshop and evening banquet are listed in the 2019 Hartness House Workshop Schedule (PDF).
This is the Program that will be given to each attendee when they register (PDF).
Registration and coffee start at 8:30 AM.
The presentations will start at 9:00 AM sharp on Thursday, August 1st.
- Workshop, $82, includes coffee breaks and lunch.
- Dinner, $55, including keynote lecture by Richard Berry.
- Full Time Students, $45 for Workshop and $35 Dinner/Keynote.
- Proceeds support the Hartness-Porter Museum of Amateur Telescope Making, which is run by volunteers from the Springfield Telescope Makers.
- Registered workshop and/or dinner attendees may set up at Stellafane on Wednesday July 31st between 12 noon and 6pm. This requires Convention registration plus Camping registration, but the additional Early Entrance fee for Thursday arrival is not required and will automatically be added to qualifying online registrations.
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