2019 Convention Photos
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Misc Photos by Misc Attendees
Dr. Stern chats about Pluto. | Photo by Paul Fucile
Dr. Stern chats about Pluto
Dr Stern rediscovers Pluto at Stellafane. | Photo by Paul Fucile
Dr Stern rediscovers Pluto
Steven Mairoto and Grandson on Hill | Photo by Steven Mairoto
Steven Mairoto and Grandson on Hill
A beautiful shot of Breezy Hill via Drone. | Photo by Tim Roske
Breezy Hill Drone View
Another View via Drone | Photo by Tim Roske
Another View Via Drone
Early on the Field | Photo by Bill Arduser
Early on the Field
Looking Down the Telescope Field | Photo by Bill Arduser
Looking Down the Telescope Field
Beautiful strut/string telescope. Carbon fiber struts, and incredibly geeky Star Trek science consult control panel! See the next few pictures. | Photo by Bill Arduser
One Trek Geek to Beam Up!
Replica of Mr. Spock‘s science consol. The buttons function and there are associated sounds. The hood covers a tablet running SkySafari plus. This allows him to easily point the telescope at any object he wants to see in space. | Photo by Bill Arduser
Where Mr Spock Resides
A Look Inside the Science Station | Photo by Bill Arduser
A Look Inside
3D Printed And Aluminum Cast | Photo by Bill Arduser
3D Printed And Aluminum Cast
This may not look it, but this was the most impressive mount of the lot. It had many innovations. It easily converts from an alt azimuth mount to an equatorial mount. The counterweight can be changed out for a camera mount. Finder scopes are easily interchangeable. The legs are carbon fiber hockey sticks, light and strong. In equitorial mode, it has drive gears to counter the earth's motion, with batteries in the counter weight.
Here, it's in alt azimuth mode. | Photo by Bill Arduser
Impressive Mount
In this shot, the scope is in equitorial mode. He can move the scoop between the two mount modes by moving opposite sides of two adjacent legs to different screw holes. | Photo by Bill Arduser
Some Useful Sticks
Spray-On Silvering Demo: This is a different mirror coating process. Two spray on chemicals. One is probably colloidal silver and the other is probably something like a developer. Makes a better mirror than aluminum coatings and is much cheaper than the vacuum process. It needs an additional nano particle coating to prevent tarnishing. It is a do it yourself process and is cheaper than a vacuum processes, but is a bit fussy. It may surplant the vacuum system in the future. | Photo by Bill Arduser
Spray On, Silver!
This is Dave Kelly's 12.1 Inch newly coated mirror used in the Spray-On Silvering Demo | Photo by Bill Arduser
A Lovely Reflective Surface
Bill Arduser says: "My friend writing Perl scripts in the woods. That’s the Saturday morning swap meet going on in the background." | Photo by Bill Arduser
Writing Code in the Woods
Photos by Ken Slater
Simoni Observatory Plaque | Photo by Ken Slater
Simoni Observatory Plaque
Up on Breezy Hill | Photo by Ken Slater
Up on Breezy Hill
All Covered Up | Photo by Ken Slater
All Covered Up
Deep in Conversation with Kris Larsen | Photo by Ken Slater
Deep in Conversation
Spray-On Silvering Demo | Photo by Ken Slater
Spray-On Silvering Demo
A crowd watches on in rapt attention during the Spray-On Silvering Demo | Photo by Ken Slater
In Rapt Attention
Photos by Eileen Myers
Alan Rifkin, Deep in Thought | Photo by Eileen Myers
Deep in Thought
Alan Ward's 3D-Printed Telescope Parts | Photo by Eileen Myers
3D-Printed Telescope Parts
AV Superheroes Thomas Morehouse and Dominic Fucile | Photo by Eileen Myers
AV Superheroes
Bert Willard at 79 | Photo by Eileen Myers
Bert Willard at 79
Brad Vietje in the Pavillion | Photo by Eileen Myers
Brad Vietje
Cecilia and Daughter Smiling | Photo by Eileen Myers
Cecilia Dietrich and Daughter
Cheril Breuning /w Jim Beatty in the background | Photo by Eileen Myers
Cheryl Breuning
Speaker Dan Gray. | Photo by Eileen Myers
Speaker Dan Gray
STM Member Alan Stern and Eiko Okazaki at the Thursday Night dinner and meeting | Photo by Eileen Myers
STM Member Alan Stern and Eiko Okazaki
George Robert's Bath Interferometer Setup | Photo by Eileen Myers
Bath Interferometer Setup
Glenn Becker, M.C for the Friday Pavilion talks | Photo by Eileen Myers
Glenn Becker, Friday Pavilion M.C
Grandpa Dave Tabor with Grandchild | Photo by Eileen Myers
Grandpa Dave Tabor with Grandchild
Happy Stellafane Parents and Babies | Photo by Eileen Myers
Happy Stellafane Parents and Babies
Meghan Wilder | Photo by Eileen Myers
Meghan Wilder
Speaker Al Takeda | Photo by Eileen Myers
Speaker Al Takeda
Speaker Alan Sliski and Son Aaron | Photo by Eileen Myers
Speaker Alan Sliski and Son
Speaker Gary Walker | Photo by Eileen Myers
Speaker Gary Walker
Speaker George Roberts | Photo by Eileen Myers
Speaker George Roberts
Speakers Dr. Mario Motta and Brad Vietje | Photo by Eileen Myers
Speakers Dr. Mario Motta and Brad Vietje
Photos by Kim & Dennis Cassia
Dennis Cassia and Al Nagler | Photo by Kim & Dennis Cassia
Dennis Cassia and Al Nagler
Smile! Top right...Jennifer Nealon, Renate Rao and Caleb Nealon | Photo by Dennis & Kim Cassia
Smile!
Richard Sanderson and Joe Rao | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Richard Sanderson and Joe Rao
Kim and John Gallagher planning the Saturday Evening raffle. | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Kim and John Gallagher
Happy Birthday, Joe Rao! | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Happy Birthday, Joe Rao!
John Vogt gets his reading in. | Photo by Dennis Cassia
John Vogt gets his reading in
Gatekeeper Kim at Your Service | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Gatekeeper Kim at Your Service!
Renate Rao and Dennis | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Renate Rao and Dennis
Pluto Nine Salute. Kim, Dr. Stern and Dennis doing the Pluto Nine Salute. | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Pluto Nine Salute
Mr Edison, I presume? | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Mr Edison, I presume?
Moving the Fruit Stand to get ready for Arrivals | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Moving the Fruit Stand
Caleb Nealon & The Pink, returning after upgrading the first-aid kit. | Photo by Dennis Cassia
Caleb Nealon & The Pink
Aluminizing Machine by Misc Attendees On the West side of the Club House stood Alan Ward's Aluminizing Machine. For the first time in Stellafane's history, attendees were able to get their mirrors coated with aluminum via vacuum coatings on-site
. On Thursday afternoon, in a historic moment, Nicole DeShone had the very first mirror of this kind to be coated on-site, and was voted in as STM Member that same night! On Thursday Night, after the Member dinner and Meeting, a good group eagerly watched the aurora-like glow during what was coined 'The Twilight Pumpdown'.
The Aluminizing Machine | Photo by Patrick Dodson
The Aluminizing Machine
Nicole DeShone and Alan Ward clean and inspect her mirror before putting it in the machine. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Cleaning the Mirror
Alan Ward lowers the Bell Jar so that the process can begin. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Alan Ward Lowers Bell Jar
Alan checks his watch. These things have to be timed perfectly. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Alan checks his watch
Crouching Alan, Hidden Glow. Alan points outs the glow to Dave. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Crouching Alan, Hidden Glow
After the process is finished, it is now time to remove the Bell Jar. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Removing the Bell Jar
Nicole with her completed mirror. Later that same evening, she was voted in as an STM Member. Congratulations, Nicole! | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Nicole With Completed Mirror!
Evening Crowd Watches on as Alan Ward explains the Aluminizing process. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Evening Crowd Watches On
Dominic Fucile waiting for the glow. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Waiting for the Glow
Crowd Watches the Yellow Glow | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Crowd Watches the Yellow Glow
Bigger Crowd watching a mirror being aluminized | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Bigger Crowd
Twilight Pumpdown Glow | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Twilight Pumpdown Glow
Different Angle | Photo by Bill Arduser
Different Angle
Mirror Coating Process Diagram | Photo by Bill Arduser
Mirror Coating Process Diagram
Alan Ward and Machine | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Alan Ward and Machine
Another view of Alan and the Machine | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Another view of Alan and the Machine
Alan and Nicole with Completed Mirror | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Alan and Nicole with Completed Mirror
Nicole with Mirror | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Nicole with Mirror
Sunset Coating with Dave Groski | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Sunset Coating with Dave Groski
A Crowd Gathers | Photo by Peter Pekurar
A Crowd Gathers
Here we see the different stages of glow, the color changing due to the amount of vacuum in the chamber. This is at Low Vacuum| Photo by Peter Pekurar
Stages of a Bell Jar Glow 1
Here we see the different stages of glow, the color changing due to the amount of vacuum in the chamber. | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Stages of Bell Jar Glow 2
Here we see the different stages of glow, the color changing due to the amount of vacuum in the chamber. This is at high vacuum just before flameout | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Stages of Bell Jar Glow 3
Stars and Sunsets by Misc Attendees
McGregor Under the Stars | Photo by Mike Hayes
McGregor Under the Stars
Porter Turret Sunset | Photo by Steven Maiaroto
Porter Turret Sunset
Milky Way and Porter Turret | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Milky Way and Porter Turret
Sunset Over Tent | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Sunset Over Tent
Optical Judging Commences | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Optical Judging Commences
Awesome Wonder | Photo by Tim Roske
Awesome Wonder
Jupiter and Saturn by The Springfield Telescope Makers w/ Schupmann (McGregor Observatory)
Imaged by STM Member Thomas Spirock during Pre-con on July 30th, 2019 using the 9-Inch f/27 Schupmann.
Imaged by STM Members Thomas Spirock during Pre-con on July 30th, 2019 using both 9-Inch f/27 and 13-Inch f/19 Schupmann.
Photos by Doug Arion
Mirror on the Wall... Dave Kelly can tell you which is the fairest of them all. | Photo by Doug Arion
Mirror on the Wall...
Measuring | Photo by Doug Arion
Measuring
Checking the Results. |Photo by Doug Arion
Checking the Results
Hockey Sticks Tripod. Yes, it's Canadian! | Photo by Doug Arion
Hockey Sticks Tripod
One of these is just right! | Photo by Doug Arion
One of these is just right!
Beautiful woodwork on this winner. This is Andrew Parenteau's award winning 6-Inch F/5, a junior entry winning both 1st Place Optical and Mechanical in the Junior category. A great looking first scope! | Photo by Doug Arion
Beautiful woodwork on this winner
Photos by The Dodson Clan
Patrick Dodson's Award Winning 8-Inch f/6 | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Patrick Dodson's Award Winning 8-Inch f/6
Another View of the Telescope | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Another View of the Telescope
Patrick posing with his Telescope | Photo by Steve Dodson
Patrick posing with his Telescope
Of Course it's a Fullum | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Of course it's a Fullum!
Joe Dechene made an innovative use of broken hockey sticks for making his mount. | Photo by Steve Dodson
An Innovative use for Broken Hockey Sticks
Joe Dechene explains his Telescope to Dave Siegrist | Photo by Steve Dodson
Joe explains his Telescope
Doug Arion and Dave Kelly have a Chat | Photo by Steve Dodson
Doug Arion and Dave Kelly Chat
This appears to be a very interesting Observation Device, Captain. - This is Carl Lancaster's innovative Trek-inspired viewing panel. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
This appears to be a very interesting Observation Device, Captain.
Wider View of Trek Science Station | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Wider View of Trek Science Station
View from the Other Side | Photo by Patrick Dodson
View from the Other Side
On Saturday, Peter Pekurar of Canada was doing a Spray-On Silvering Demo in the ATM Tent, as a curious crowd of onlookers watched on. The interest level of this event packed a large crowd in the ATM Tent, and the sides of the tent had to be removed to accomodate more people. Here is Dave Kelly cleaning his 12.1" Mirror to be used in the demo. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Dave Kelly cleans his Mirror for the Spray-On Silvering Demo
On Saturday, Peter Pekurar of Canada was doing a Spray-On Silvering Demo in the ATM Tent, as a curious crowd of onlookers watched on. The interest level of this event packed a large crowd in the ATM Tent, and the sides of the tent had to be removed to accomodate more people. Here, Peter sprays H2O onto the mirror to help prepare the surface of the mirror. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Spraying H2O
On Saturday, Peter Pekurar of Canada was doing a Spray-On Silvering Demo in the ATM Tent, as a curious crowd of onlookers watched on. The interest level of this event packed a large crowd in the ATM Tent, and the sides of the tent had to be removed to accomodate more people. The Mirror now having silvered, with proof of its immediate change between clear glass to reflective surface being punctuated by a gasp from the crowd, Peter now sprays a protective coating onto the mirror. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Spraying the Silvered Mirror
On Saturday, Peter Pekurar of Canada was doing a Spray-On Silvering Demo in the ATM Tent, as a curious crowd of onlookers watched on. The interest level of this event packed a large crowd in the ATM Tent, and the sides of the tent had to be removed to accomodate more people. Peter now dries the mirror. | Photo by Patrick Dodson
Drying the Mirror
On Saturday, Peter Pekurar of Canada was doing a Spray-On Silvering Demo in the ATM Tent, as a curious crowd of onlookers watched on. The interest level of this event packed a large crowd in the ATM Tent, and the sides of the tent had to be removed to accomodate more people. Peter now holds up the final Result. All done, this took about 30 min for the entire process. Dave Kelly was then able to put his Mirror back into his Telescope and observe parts of the Dumbell Nebula that very same night! | Photo by Patrick Dodson
The Finished Result
Patrick's Niece and Nephew check out the tiny 13" Boler trailer. It is their first time at Stellafane! | Photo by Heather Dodson
Checking out the Trailer!
Back after a 10yr absence while waiting for the perfect moment to take the kids camping, here is Marc Dodson (Or Massachussets as he is affectionally called by his Stellafane peers) | Photo by Heather Dodson
Marc in Kitchen
Aunt Natalie and Niece Josephine. | Photo by Heather Dodson
Aunt Natalie and Niece Josephine
Berry Picking Time at Stellafane! | Photo by Heather Dodson
Berry Picking Time!
Josephine makes her first dollar via arts and crafts thanks to Jay Drew | Photo by Heather Dodson
Jay Drew's Appreciation for the Arts
Josephine and Nic enjoy lunch. | Photo by Heather Dodson
Time to Eat
Arts and Crafts, Kris Larsen Style | Photo by Heather Dodson
Arts and Crafts, Kris Larsen Style
A Faithful Representation of Ultima Thule | Photo by Heather Dodson
A Faithful Representation of Ultima Thule
A Future Telescope Maker? | Photo by Heather Dodson
A Future Telescope Maker?
Photos by Peter Pekurar
Alan Ward and 3D-Printed Scope | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Alan Ward and 3D-Printed Scope
Spectrohelioscope Diagram | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Spectrohelioscope Diagram
Spectrohelioscope Outdoor Portion | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Spectrohelioscope Outdoor Portion
Club Dinner & Meeting | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Club Dinner & Meeting
STM Meeting in Progress | Photo by Peter Pekurar
STM Meeting in Progress
Patrick Dodson and Scope | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Patrick Dodson and Scope
Spray-On Silvering Advertisement | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Spray-On Silvering Advertisement
Norm Fullam and his Scope | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Norm Fullam and his Scope
Larry Shaper Viewing the Sun | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Larry Shaper Viewing the Sun
Larry Shaper and Ultra Thin 6" f/6 | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Larry Shaper and Ultra Thin 6" f/6
Clark McDonald's Alt-Az Observing Chair | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Alt-Az Observing Chair
Fully Automated Trek-Type Scope | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Trek-Type Scope
Bath Interferometry Wizard George Roberts | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Bath Interferometry Wizard George Roberts
Silvering Demo | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Silvering Demo
Joe Dechene and an Award Winner | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Joe Dechene and an Award Winner
Dave Kelly's Scope, Sporting a Newly Silvered Mirror (Silvered during the Silvering Demo. Dave was then able to observe with this mirror the very same night!) . | Photo by Peter Pekurar
Dave Kelly's Scope
How Alan Ward's Aluminizing Machine Got to Stellafane | Photo by Peter Pekurar
How the Aluminizing Machine Got to Stellafane
Photos by The Goulette Family
Mike Cote, Springfield Ma STARS member, 1st time to Stellafane | Photo by Don Goulette
A First Timer
This is Kaitlynn, Springfield STARS member, 6th time at Stellafane | Photo by Don Goulette
Pluto's Biggest Fan?
The Goulette’s, never want to miss a Stellafane!! | Photo by Don Goulette
The Goulette Family
Don and Joy Goulette, on breezy hill | Photo by Don Goulette
Don and Joy Goulette
Springfield STARS club, Mike Kozicki, giving a leading to the onlookers.
| Photo by Don Goulette
Swap Table
Rich Sanderson and Dr Alan Stern | Photo by Don Goulette
Richard Sanderson and Dr. Stern
STARS members (from Springfield MA), after enjoying a great lesson from Kris Larsen | Photo by Don Goulette
STARS Girls
Photos by Richard Sanderson, Feeding Hills, MA
This way to Convention! | Photo by Richard Sanderson
This way to Convention!
Young minds receive both education and inspiration at Stellafane. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Inspiration and Education
Kris Larsen, professor at Central Connecticut State University, conducts a children’s astronomy activity at McGregor Observatory. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Kris Larsen's Children Activities
Astronomers of tomorrow learn about the sun during a children’s activity at McGregor Observatory. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Astronomers of Tomorrow
Dave Groski and Jaw Drew collimate an 8-inch reflector. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
A Matter of Collimation
Renowned author and former “Astronomy” magazine editor-in-chief Richard Berry describes how he replicated the famous 1919 Einstein experiment at the 2017 total eclipse. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Richard Berry
Astronomy author Phil Harrington, who is an avid runner and bicyclist, displays a special tee shirt that commemorates a 10.4-km run he completed during last year’s convention. Who knew that Stellafane’s iconic “Little Man” depicted on the shirt was a jogger? | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Run, "Little Man", Run!
Three luminaries in the world of amateur astronomy: From left, Antique Telescope Society Past-President Ken Launie, former “Sky & Telescope” Editor Dennis di Cicco and popular astronomy author Phil Harrington.
| Photo by Richard Sanderson
Three Luminaries
Renowned author and telescope-maker Roger Sinnott is a senior contributing editor at “Sky & Telescope” magazine. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Roger Sinnott
Televue Optics founder and generous Stellafane-supporter Al Nagler (left) with astronomy-author and broadcast-meteorologist Joe Rao. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Al Nagler and Joe Rao
Tom Lovely, amateur astronomer, world traveler and story teller extraordinaire. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Tom Lovely
Jack Megas, planetarium educator at the Springfield (MA) Science Museum, proudly displays an out-of-this-world acquisition at the Swap Table. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
A Swap Table Find
Jim Hendrickson is newsletter editor for Skyscrapers, Inc., the Astronomical Society of Rhode Island. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Jim Hendrickson
Eleven-year-old Kaitlynn Goulette, who is already an experienced observer, earned a Binocular Observing Olympics pin. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
An Experienced Observer
Emmy-award-winning film-makers Linda and Kerry Hurd. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Emmy Award Winners in da House!
Bart Fried, founder of the Antique Telescope Society. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Bart Fried
Two of the hard-working individuals who make Stellafane happen each year: Site Manager John Martin (left) and STM member Dennis Cassia. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Hard Workers!
Pink Clubhouse with Clouds | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Pink Clubhouse w/ Clouds
Loads of Scopes? Must be Stellafane! | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Loads of Scopes? Must be Stellafane!
Stellafane Historian Bert Willard (left) enjoys a conversation with world-renowned optical engineer Paul Valleli. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Two Legends
Ken Slater, Stellafane’s award-winning webmaster. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Ken Slater, Webmaster
The design of Carl Lancaster’s 18-inch f/4.5 articulated-mast, collapsible-tube telescope is based on a “Hoberman Sphere.” Carl’s instrument won several awards in 2013 but this year, it featured a new control panel straight out of “Star Trek.”
| Photo by Richard Sanderson
All Trekked Out
Patrick Dodson, left, discusses his beautiful, award-winning telescope. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
An 8" f/6 Award Winner
From left, Springfield (MA) Stars Club members Dave Gallup, Jack Megas and Rich Sanderson. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Three Musketeers
Dr. Sara Schechner, curator of Harvard’s Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, with her husband, antique-telescope expert Ken Launie. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
A Curator and Her Husband
Former STM President Dave Tabor. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Former STM President
This gorgeous eyepiece case, made by Dwight Lanpher, emits a soft red glow at night to make finding the right eyepiece a simple task. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
No More Fumbling in the Dark!
Joe Duchene with his award-winning “transformer” mounted scope, which quick changes from an alt-azimuth to an equatorial configuration. Note the tripod’s hockey-stick legs! | Photo by Richard Sanderson
More than Meets the Eye, it's the Transforming Scope!
A demonstration of the fine art of telescope-mirror aluminization. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
The Fine Art of Aluminizing Mirrors
Doug Arion’s award-winning, 120mm f/5 travel scope displays the same high-quality craftsmanship as a piece of fine furniture. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Like a Piece of Fine Furniture
Walter Campney describes his easily-portable, 8-inch f/5 Newtonian. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
An 8-Inch Easily-Portable Newtonian
Award-winning telescope maker George East. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
George East
Hartness House Workshop Photos by Misc Attendees
Stairway to Heaven? | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Stairway to Heaven?
The Hartness House | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
The Hartness House
Current STM President, Jeff Lowe | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Current STM President, Jeff Lowe
Thomas Spirock | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Thomas Spirock
Clif Ashcraft | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Clif Ashcraft
Don Dilworth | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Don Dilworth
Norm Fullum, Optiques Fullum | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Norm Fullum, Optiques Fullum
William Zmek | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
William Zmek
Anthony Pirera of Spectrum Thin Films and Norm Fullum, admiring the glass. | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Admiring the Glass
Rick Fienberg of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) talks about Sky&Tel purchase. | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Rick Fienberg, American Astronomical Society
Richard Berry | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Richard Berry
Just Don't Drop it! | Photo by Jim Hendrickson
Just Don't Drop It!
Twilight Talk Photos by Misc Attendees
Twilight Talk Crowd | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Twilight Talk Crowd
Dr. Alan Stern, planetary scientist and principal investigator of the New Horizon mission to Pluto and beyond, was this year’s Stellafane keynote speaker. This is his second time speaking at Stellafane, originally haven spoken about Pluto in 2015. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Dr Alan Stern, New Horizons P.I
Alan Stern and Massachusetts stargazer Don Goulette give Stellafane a “two thumbs up.” | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Two Thumbs Up
Springfield (MA) Stars Club President Alan Rifkin awaits the start of the Twilight Talks. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Alan Rifkin
Flanked by Kim and Dennis Cassia, Alan Stern demonstrates the nine-finger Pluto salute. | Photo by Richard Sanderson
Nine-Finger Pluto Salute Demonstration
A Future STM President eagerly awaits the start of the Twilight Talks | Photo by Ken Slater
Future STM President?
John Gallagher, your M.C for the evening. | Photo by Ken Slater
M.C John Gallagher
Current STM President, Jeff Lowe | Photo by Ken Slater
Current STM President, Jeff Lowe
Walter Scott Houston Award Recipient, Richard Fienberg | Photo by Ken Slater
Walter Scott Houston Award Recipient, Richard Fienberg
Rick Hunter | Photo by Ken Slater
Rick Hunter
Telescope Competition Awards | Photo by Ken Slater
Telescope Competition Awards
Telescope Competition Awards | Photo by Ken Slater
Telescope Competition Awards
Telescope Competition Awards - Full Group | Photo by Ken Slater
Telescope Competition Awards - Full Group
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