2025 Stellafane Convention Schedule
Compact Schedule: Talks, Demos & Major Events Only
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Thursday, July 24, 2025
Hosted by Dan Lorraine & Tom Spirock
Hartness House Workshop
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Hartness House
Hosted by Dan Lorraine & Tom Spirock
Hartness House Workshop
6:00pm
- 9:00pm
Hartness House
Friday, July 25, 2025
Ben Roberts & John Holloran
Rocket Science Basics
9:00am
-10:30am
McGregor Observatory Library
Org. by Bob Trzcinski
Telescope Making Demo
10:00am
- 4:00pm
Tent by T-Shirt Sales
Presented by Gregory Caicco & William Jon McCannNurturing the Night:
Nurturing the Night:
How the Dark Skies of Vermont Shelter Healing and the Imagination
11:00am
-Noon
Flanders Pavilion
Kaitlynn Goulette
Solar System Walk
12:30pm
- 1:30pm
Meet at M44 (Green Shed) near Clubhouse
Presented by Dr. Brian Kloppenborg
Spectroscopy, the Next Frontier
1:00pm
- 2:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Presented by Johny Colt & Dominic Fucile
Stellafane Family Lunar Rover Mission
1:00pm
- 4:00pm
Bunkhouse
Solar Observing Hour
2:00pm
- 3:00pm
Observing Fields
Presented by Roxanne Kamin – IOTA
Get published: Using Your Telescope for Science
2:00pm
- 3:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Preseneted by Bruce Berger
Nightscapes
3:00pm
- 4:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Presented by Dr. Kristine Larsen
Solar Observing and the AAVSO Solar SIG
4:00pm
- 5:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Hosted by Matt Considine, Curator
Hartness-Porter ATM Museum Open
4:15pm
- 6:00pm
Hartness House
Flanders Pavilion
A Sneak Peak at the documentary film "Stellafane and Beyond"
6:30pm
- 7:30pm
Friday Night Movie
Bruce Beford, MC
Friday Evening Informal Talks
7:30pm
Flanders Pavilion
Saturday, July 26, 2025
Swap Tables
7:00am
-Noon
Swap Table Area - North of Main Camping Area
Ben Roberts & John Holloran
Rocket Science Basics
9:00am
-10:30am
McGregor Observatory Library
Telescope Competition
10:00am
- 1:00pm
Fields around Clubhouse
Org. by Bob Trzcinski
Telescope Making Demo
10:00am
- 5:00pm
Tent by T-Shirt Sales
Presented by Bruce Beford
Introduction to Stellafane
11:00am
-Noon
Flanders Pavilion
Space Rocks
Astronomy Activities for Children
11:00am
-Noon
McGregor Observatory
Led by David McGaw
Telescope Field Walk
11:30am
-12:30pm
Meet at Front of Clubhouse
Kaitlynn Goulette
Solar System Walk
12:30pm
- 1:30pm
Meet at M44 (Green Shed) near Clubhouse
Presented by Mario MottaSouthern Objects, or
Southern Objects, or
"Things You Can't See From Up Here"
1:00pm
- 2:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Solar Observing Hour
2:00pm
- 3:00pm
Observing Fields
Presented by Phil Harrington
WAS Is! The History of the Westport Astronomical Society from 1975 to 2025 and Beyond
2:00pm
- 3:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Space Make & Take
Astronomy Activities for Children
2:00pm
- 3:00pm
McGregor Observatory
Presented by Young Astronomers
A Panel with the Next Generation of Astronomers
3:00pm
- 4:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Presented by Larry MitchellThe 2025 Visual Observing Olympics -
The 2025 Visual Observing Olympics -
"A Little Bit of Everything"
4:00pm
- 5:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Saturday Evening Program & Keynote Talk
7:00pm
Amphitheater (Flanders Pavilion if rain)
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Hosted by Matt Considine, Curator
Hartness-Porter ATM Museum Open
9:00am
-Noon
Hartness House

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