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
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 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
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10:30am
McGregor Observatory Library
Org. by Bob Trzcinski

Telescope Making Demo

10:00am
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 4:00pm
Tent by T-Shirt Sales
Presented by Gregory Caicco & William Jon McCann

Nurturing the Night:
How the Dark Skies of Vermont Shelter Healing and the Imagination

11:00am
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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
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 2:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Presented by Johny Colt & Dominic Fucile

Stellafane Family Lunar Rover Mission

 1:00pm
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 7:30pm
Friday Night Movie
Bruce Beford, MC

Friday Evening Informal Talks

 7:30pm
Flanders Pavilion

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Swap Tables

 7:00am
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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
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 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
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Noon
Flanders Pavilion
Space Rocks

Astronomy Activities for Children

11:00am
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Noon
McGregor Observatory
Led by David McGaw

Telescope Field Walk

11:30am
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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 Motta

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
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 3:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Space Make & Take

Astronomy Activities for Children

 2:00pm
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 3:00pm
McGregor Observatory
Presented by Young Astronomers

A Panel with the Next Generation of Astronomers

 3:00pm
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 4:00pm
Flanders Pavilion
Presented by Larry Mitchell

The 2025 Visual Observing Olympics -
"A Little Bit of Everything"

 4:00pm
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 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
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Noon
Hartness House

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