Here are photos of the 2006 Convention by the Springfield Telescope Makers and convention attendees. We appreciate receiving photos and reports from
attendees and will publish them on these web pages.
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 so time browsing our
gallery of general photos below. If you are looking for telescopes entered in the competition, see the Telescope Competition page.
All photos by the Springfield Telescope Makers unless otherwise attributed.
A lot goes on in the week before convention, and this year we are going to share some photos of some of the activities the occur
before most of your arrive.
Here we are installing the 10" Springfield-mounted Argentini telescope in the domed observatory:
We also had a lot to do to get the Flanders Pavilion ready for use:
There is also plenty of tree-trimming, weed-whacking, road-fixing, painting, repairing, general clean-up, moving stuff and overall set-up
to be ready for convention:
Here are our traditional candid shots taken during convention:
Shadowgram Speaker David Levy
Keynote Speaker Trudy Bell
Contributed Panoramic Photos
Click image to download 300kb QuickTime 360° Panorama. Requires QuickTime player to view. Allows you to
pan and tilt you view of the clubhouse area. Taken on Saturday morning. Photo by Scott Griswold of New London, NH
Click image to view 1mb, 4648x1398 pixel panoramic image. Photo by Simon Rosenstein
Click image to view 878kb, 3652x768 pixel panoramic image. Taken on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Kevin Conod