2011 Convention Photo Gallery

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Here are photos of the 2011 Convention by the Convention Attendees. We appreciate receiving photos and reports from attendees and will publish them on these web pages; please e-mail them to us (and any suggestions you may have for improving the convention, or topics you would like to see covered in next year's convention).

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. Go to Page 1: Photos by the Springfield Telescope Makers.

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Photos by Convention Attendees

Photos by Jim Hendrickson of Skyscrapers

Photos by Dan Lorraine of Skyscrapers

Photos by Richard Sanderson
of the Springfield (MA) Stars Club

Photos by Adrian Hlynka

Photos by Richard Koolish of ATMoB

Photos by Al Takeda

Photos by Harry Drake of ATMoB

Photos by Alfonso Navarro

Photos by Jeff Hutton

Photos by Marc Staves

Photos by Phillip Levine

Photo by Christopher Pilon (L) & Manny Monte (R)

Photos by Dave Mitsky (ASH, CAS, DVAA)

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The first 9 photos are from the Hartness House Workshop on Meteorites, Meteors & Minor Planets. The organizers are at right, the speakers in the row below.			THe Hartness House Inn in the evening. Hartness House	Dan Lorraine, workshop registrar. Dan Lorraine	John Briggs, workshop orgainzer. John Briggs
Wayne Zuhl Wayne Zuhl	Richard Sanderson Richard Sanderson	Prof. Mike D. Reynolds Prof. Mike D. Reynolds	Dr. J. Scott Stuart Dr. J. Scott Stuart	Prof. Paul P. Sipiera Prof. Paul P. Sipiera	Chris L. Peterson Chris L. Peterson
The welcome sign in the ATM Museum underground at the Hartness House. Museum Welcome	Three early scopes from the 1920's built by the Springfield Telescope Makers. 1920's Scopes	Bert Willard, curator, talks with Dan Lorraine in the Museum. Bert & Dan	View of the Hartness Turret Telescope's tube looking into the twilight sky. Hartness Turret	Jim Beaty peers through the eyepiece of the Hartness Turret Telescope. Jim Beaty	Bert Willard operates the Hartness Turret Telescope Thursday evening after the workshop. Bert Willard
There was a bit of rain on Firday afternoon. Rainy Friday	Saturday morning, the Telescope Field Walk gets organized. Field Walk	Al Takeda with his astro-imaging equipment. Al Takeda	Alan and Sue French. Sue French	John Gallagher demonstrates how to collimate a telescope. John Gallagher	A picturesque sillohette on Breezy Hill. Breezy Hill
A telescope is in use behing the Porter Turret. Behind the PTT	A conventioneer points out something in the sky overhead. Look up there!	The Iridium Flare predicted by Alan Rohwer, our shadowgram speaker and engineer on the Iridum Antennas. Iridium Flare	Milky Way and low clouds looking south from the McGregor Observatory. Looking South	Stars over the Clubhouse on Breezy Hill. Clubhouse	With the Milky Way overhead, many observers are enjoying themselves at Stellafane tonight. Stellafane East

One of several rooms in the underground ATM Museum in the Hartness House. Museum Room	Original Painting and resulting Scientific American cover. SciAm Cover	1940 Brass Casting by Russell Porter of the knife-edge test. Brass Tester	Orignal scopes from the 1920's in the museum. Old Scopes	The Hartness Turret Telescope. Hartness Turret	The Brashear Objective of the Hartness Turret Telescope. Brashear Lens
Brad Vietje explains the Porter Turret Telescope from the loading platform stairs. Turret Tout	Sara Schechner speaks in the pavilion. Sara Schechner	Potential purchasers examine the goods at the swap tables. Good Used Stuff!	Late in the day on Breezy Hill, Telescope and Conventioneers wait for nighfall. Breezy Hill	Paul Valleli and Ron Woodland Paul & Ron	John Davis and Dennis diCicco John & Dennis
The conventioneers with candles for theFran Flanders Candlelight Remberance. Fran Flanders Candlelight Remberance			The Springfield Telescope makers hold up candles in remberance of Fran Flanders. STMs with Candles

A big red Dobsonian telescope set up on the Stellafane East observing field. Big Red Dob	This wire spider is practically invisible. Wire Spider	Tents on Sue's Field seen through the door of the pavilion. Tents	This solar observer is using a black Stellafane tee-shirt as an observing hood. Hooded View	A telescope shadow is nicely positioned on this yellow tent. Scope Shadow	Dr. Jane Lu delivers the keynote speech Saturday night. Keynote Talk
First photo in natural colors; Last 3 recorded Near Infrared and Red. Red is printed as red; Near IR is shown as blue-green. Three Interesting things to note: 1 High clouds show up in IR, but not in Visible light. 2 The distant hills are lit up by infrared sky glow. 3 You can tell LED flashlights because they are red; filtered ones are show as white or blue.		Looking south at the Milky Way from Stellafane East main observing field. Looking South	Red & near-IR photo - see note on gallery page. Red & IR Photo	Red & near-IR photo - see note on gallery page. Red & IR Photo	Red & near-IR photo - see note on gallery page. Red & IR Photo

The Porter Turret Telescope has its Solar Flat installed and is tracking the sun. Porter Turret	The Solar Projection Screen is installed oposite the eyepiece in the Porter Turret Telescope. Solar Projection	Sunspots are visible in a band across the projected solar image. Sunspots	This unique wooden tube clamp 'pinches' the tube. Tube Clamp	The tube clamp workings are more easily seen with the tube removed. Pivoting Clamp	A nice large equitorially mounted scope with a wooden pier. Wood Pier
The Hartness House Inn, home of the ATM Museum and Hartness Turret Telescope. Hartness House	Historal marker commerates many of Gov. Hartness' accomplishments. Hartness Plaque	This long underground tunnerl leads from the basement of the Hartness House to the ATM Museum and Turret Telescope. Long Tunnel	The Hartness Turret Telescope. Hartness Turret	Tube and Turret with it's unique port holes. Hartness Turret	Inside view of the turret (reminds me of a submarine conning tower). Hartness Turret

These signs pointed the way to Stellafane, made sure you did not take a wrong turn. Road Sign	Raffle Tickets out of control! Jean Zuhl and Terri Simoni work to get them under control. Too many tickets?	Eileen Myers showing off a great tee-shirt for a child. Eileen Myers	Stella, a husky puppy, with Erin Lowe. Stella & Erin	This tarp served as an umbella for a family on Friday afternoon. Rain Sheild	Mario Motta and Paul Valleli with lightweight Dob. Mario & Paul
This red upper cage assembly has a built-in handle. Red-Nose	The clubhouse is framed by this clamping cradle. Clubhouse	Al Rifkin and Paul Valleli talk on the clubhouse wall. Rif & Paul	Candle and brochure for Fran Flander's memorial. Fran's Memorial	STM's light up their candles. Lighting Up	John Gallagher lights the candles of Rich Sanderson and John Davis. In the background, other STM's are lighting other candles. Pass the Flame
Candles held high for a Candlelight Memorial for Fran Flanders. Candlelight Memorial		Comet Garradd 1 image × 60-second subframe	Comet Garradd. See gallery page for equipment info. Comet Garradd	NGC7000 North American Nebula 3 images x 360-second subframes	NGC7000, the North American Nebual. See gallery page for equipment info. NGC7000
		Images above from 'Deep Sky Imaging with a DSLR' Seminar Using an Unmodified Canon 20D DSLR; Astronomik LP filter, Takahashi E-180, f/2.8; Captured and Processed with Images Plus; Additional Processing with Adobe Photoshop

A three-strut Dobsonian with fine setting circles. 3-strut Dob	Ball Mount made from a lighting fixture. Ball Mount	Lightweight square tube Dobsonian. Lite Square Tube	Alex and his air bearing prototype. Air Bearings	A modern large Dob and the old Porter Turret Telescope. New & Old	A minimalistic Newtonian and its maker. Junior Entry
This all metal tube was a junior entry in the competition. All Metal Dob	This large equitorially mounted scope got a lot of attention on the field. Big & Beautiful	Photon entry port of this Dobsonian. Enter Here	Keynote speaker Dr. Jane Lu and her entoruage. Dr. Jane Lu	Candlelight memoria for Fran Flanders. Candlelight	Conventioneers with candles in honor of Fran Flanders. Candlelight

This reproduction was seen at the swap tables. Swap Table Special	Tripods galore in the corner of the swap table area. Swap Table Tripod Land	Late in the morning, the swap table area is pretty mellow. Swap Table Offerings	A couple of young ladies try their hand at mirror grinding. Young Mirror Makers	The bunkhouse, where we sell tee-shirts and raffle tickets. Tee Shirts & Raffle Tickets	This alt-az mount holds a refractor and SCT. Dual Scope Alt-Az Mount
Telescope undergoing surgery in a field hospital. Telescope Surgery	Very nice compact spectroscope. Compact Spectroscope	Antique refactor in a very nice case with accessories. Antique Refractor	Inside the Stellafane Clubhouse, members in blue shirts are Paul Valleli, Gerry DeLuca, Carl Bruning and Mike Heliba. Stellafane Clubhouse	The Hartness Turret Telescope. Hartness Turret Telescope	The Hartness House and gardens. Hartness House