2023 Hartness House Workshop
We are pleased to offer a pre-Stellafane workshop all day on Thursday, August 17 , 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 2023 Hartness House Workshop on
Eclectic Astronomy II
Continuing a series begun in 2009, this year's Hartness House Workshop theme is Eclectic Astronomy II offering a broad spectrum of interesting individual talks by our slate of both professional and amateur speakers.
The schedule will include special tours of the associated Hartness-Porter Museum of Amateur Telescope Making.
Registration and coffee start at 8:30 AM.
The presentations will start at 9:00 AM sharp on Thursday, August 17.
The dinner and keynote presentation will end approoximately at 9:00 PM.
- Workshop Day Session, $82, includes coffee breaks, lunch, and cocktail hour with cash bar.
- Evening Session, $65, includes cocktail hour with cash bar, dinner, and keynote presentation by Dr. Andrew Boden, the Deputy Director of the Palomar Observatory.
- Full Time Students, $52 for Day Session and $62 Dinner/Keynote.
- Proceeds support the Hartness-Porter Museum of Amateur Telescope Making, which is run by volunteers from the Springfield Telescope Makers.
- Registration is limited by the size of the venu.
- Registered workshop and/or dinner attendees may set up at Stellafane on Wednesday, August 16 between 12 noon and 6 pm. 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.
Here is the printed program that all attendees received: 2023 Hartness House Workshop Program (PDF). Not shown in the program document, John W. Briggs contributed a supplementary presentation related to his 1994 winter-over at South Pole Station when one of the scheduled presenters could not appear at their scheduled time.
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