2020 Hartness House Workshop
We are pleased to offer a pre-Stellafane workshop all day on Thursday, August 13th, 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 2020 Hartness House Workshop on
Pro/Am Collaboration and Small Observatory Science
Continuing a series begun in 2009, this year's Hartness House Workshop theme is Pro/Am Collaboration and Small Observatory Science, and our slate of both professional and amateur speakers covers a broad range of topics.
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 complete:
| Bill Gray Project Pluto |
Tracking Asteroids for Fun, Science, and Defending the Planet |
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| Caroline Odden Phillips Academy |
Astronomy Research for High School Students; Lessons from the Phillips Academy Observatory |
| Chris Houghton STM |
Remote/Autonomous Observatory Operation for Pro/Am Projects ...the Data Gathering Machine |
| Dennis Conti AAVSO |
The Indispensable Role of Amateur Astronomers in Exoplanet Discoveries |
| Joe Patterson Columbia Universty |
Cataclysmic-Variable Science The Rewards of Constant Vigilance
Banquet Keynote Presentation |
| Joey Rodriguez | Small Telescope Contributions to Big Exoplanet Discoveries |
| Karen Collins CfA/Harvard |
The TESS Mission: History, Goals, Status, and Results So Far |
| Paul Fucile STM | Advances in Space Observations Using CubeSats |
| Robert Buchheim Society for Astronomical Science |
The Pursuit of Happiness and Science, Through Photometry |
| Timothy Brothers MIT |
Automating Telescopes for Science |
You can download the schedule for both the daytime workshop and evening banquet as a PDF document:
2020 Hartness House Workshop Schedule.
Registration and coffee start at 8:30 AM.
The presentations will start at 9:00 AM sharp on Thursday, August 1st.
- All prices need to be confirmed/updated for 2020
- 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.
Register using the Stellafane Convention Registration Pages. You can register for this workshop there, and if you wish to attend the Stellafane convention, you can also register for that at the same time. Or, if you want to register by mail with a check, please us this Hartness House Workshop Mail-in Registration Form.
For questions, email Chair
Dr. Thomas Spirock or Co-Chair & Registrar
Daniel Lorraine.
The Hartness House Inn is at 30 Orchard
Street, Springfield, VT 05156, phone 802-885-2115.
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