2001 Convention Gallery

Here are photos of the 2001 Convention by the Springfield Telescope Makers and convention attendees.

Whether you attended and want to try to find yourself in photo, or you couldn't attend and want to see what went on, you can spend some time browsing our gallery of general photos below. If you are looking for telescopes entered in the competition, see the 2001-scopes.html page.

Photos by the Springfield Telescope Makers

Jim Flood hoping it won't rain too much. ?	Bert Willard (left) and Paul Valelle talking Stellafane history. ?	Jim Flood keeping dry in the Clubhouse. ?	John Gallagher (right )showing how the Porter Turret works. ?	Bert Willard looking after the Pink Clubhouse. ?	The Pink Clubhouse. ?
The McGregor Observatory. ?	"Old Uncle Bill" Kuriskin setting up the AV system. ?	The Stellafane parking fields. ?	Bruce Gundlach. ?	Norm Fredrick, John Martin & "Big Bob" Morse. ?	Stellafane "Sue's Field". ?
The Pink Clubhouse. ?	Conventioneers staying dry in the Clubhouse. ?	John Martin, "Big Bob" Morse and "Gasoline Al" Stern (l to r) under the Stellafane sign. ?	Jack Heinzman and Dave Kelly (right) discussing 'scope judging procedures. ?	Bert Willard selling Stellafane historical books. ?	The front of the Pink Clubhouse. ?
Conventioneers discussing the "Springfield Telescope". ?	The North observing field at Stellafane. ?	Ellen Perlman and Andy Wald studying the inside of the Turret Telescope. ?	"The Phantom" Melassanos and Dave Prowten (right) checking out the telescopes. ?	The North observing field at Stellafane. ?	Conventioneer with clear tube telescope. ?
The Turret Telescope and Pink Clubhouse. ?	Kraig Haver photographing the 'scopes. ?	Pete Serrada fixing the screen door on the Pink Clubhouse. ?	Bert Willand and Dave Kelly (rt.) checking their notes on the 'scope awards. ?	The Porter Turret Telescope. ?	Convention MC "Big Bob" Morse. ?
Winners of the Junior Horseshoe pitching contest. Sarah McIntyre and Anna Bealo (right). ?	Winners of the Junior Horseshoe pitching contest. Andrew Spaulding and Duncan McIntyre (right). ?	STM President Junie Esslinger at the Fri eve talks. ?	John Dobson at the Fri eve talks. ?	Mario Motta talking about his Africa eclipse trip. ?	Alan Tinker remembering Roger Tuthill. ?
Bob Cerlin talking about some new full cut off lighting fixtures. ?	Conventioneers at the Saturday Technical Talks. ?	Michael Hill talking about his Spectrohelioscope. ?	Mitch Melassanos taping the talks. ?	Peter Chen talking about his ultra light weight mirrors. ?	Ellen Perlman grinding a mirror. ?
Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?	Conventioneers grinding a mirror. ?	Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?	Conventioneer testing a mirror. ?	Junie Esslinger (left) watching over some mirror grinding. ?	Brad Vietje (left) explaining the details of the knife edge test. ?
Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?	Brad Vietje (right) demonstrating how the knife edge test works. ?	Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?	"San Diego Bob" May working hard on a mirror. ?	Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?	Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?
Ken Slater (left) displaying the different sized grits. ?	Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?	Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?	Conventioneers studying the displays on mirror making. ?	Junie Esslinger making a tile tool. ?	Dave Kelly setting up a mirror for testing. ?
Junie Esslinger displaying a completed tile tool. ?	Ken Slater displaying how a mirror becomes concave w/ grinding. ?	Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?	Scott Milligan polishing a mirror. ?	John Dobson and Junie Esslinger talking telescope making. ?	Conventioneer grinding a mirror. ?
Dave Kelly polishes. ?	Freshly made tile tools. ?	Barrel Rolling. ?	The Fruit Stand. ?	Childrens Raffle. ?	John Dobson and Young Conventioneer. ?
President Esslinger gives away a mirror kit. ?	MC Bob Morse talks with the oldest conventioneers this year. ?	Lilly Lou and friend. ?	John Dobson at the Saturday Evening Program. ?	Saturday Evening Program. ?	Site manager John Martin ?
Dave Kelly hands out a mechanical award. ?	Dave Kelly hands out a mechanical award. ?	Nancy Tuthill and Bob Morse. ?	Shadowgram speaker David Levy. ?	Saturday Evening Program. ?	Maryann Arien gives the NERAL award. ?

Photos by Phil Harrington

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Photos by Dave Prowten

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Photos by Paul Hyndman

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Photos by Joe Castoro

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