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Current & Future Conventions

2024 Stellafane Convention

The 2024 Stellafane Convention will be held Thursday thru Sunday August 1-4.

2025 Stellafane Convention

The 2025 Stellafane Convention will be held Thursday thru Sunday July 24-27.

Convention Reminders

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About the Stellafane Convention

The Stellafane Convention is a gathering of amateur telescope makers. The Convention was started in 1926 to give amateur telescope makers an opportunity to gather to show off their creations and teach each other telescope making and mirror-grinding techniques. All telescopes, commercial and homemade, are welcome.

If you have made your own telescope, we strongly encourage you to display it in the telescope fields near the Stellafane Clubhouse. If you wish, you can enter your homemade telescope in the mechanical and/or optical competition. There are also mirror-grinding and telescope-making demonstrations, technical lectures on telescope making and the presentation of awards for telescope design and craftsmanship.

Vendor displays and the retail sale of commercial products are not permitted.

First Convention 1926

Image of a postcard sent to announce the first Stellafane Convention July 3 & 4, 1926 at Stellafane.

First Convention Announcement

Past Conventions & Hartness House Workshops

We have posted reports, photos, and videos from prior conventions for the following years:

Historic Convention Information