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    The Stellafane Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Springfield, Vermont, founded in 1920 by Russell W. Porter. The Pink Clubhouse was built in...
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    OPtimizer Stellafane Types of amateur built telescopes Copyscope Sun Gun Telescope "A Brief History of Stellafane by Bert Willard". stellafane.org. Archived...
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  • belonging to Porter on Breezy Hill outside of town. They called the clubhouse Stellafane, Latin for shrine to the stars. The Springfield Telescope Makers invited...
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    held on the east coast of the United States; the Oregon Star Party; the Stellafane Convention, held in Vermont; the Texas Star Party, held in west Texas;...
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    A Dobsonian telescope on display at Stellafane in the early 1980s...
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    inception in 1920 by Russell W. Porter. The club's pink clubhouse at the Stellafane Observatory was built in 1923 on Breezy Hill, just south of Springfield...
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    Amateur astronomers can build their own equipment, and hold star parties and gatherings, such as Stellafane....
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  • 1980 Nanking Purple Mountain Obs. ALA 37 km MPC · JPL 3140 Stellafane 1983 AO Stellafane January 9, 1983 Anderson Mesa B. A. Skiff EOS 20 km MPC · JPL...
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    the Springfield Telescope Makers. Russell W. Porter (1871–1949) founded Stellafane and has been referred to as the "founder". Grote Reber (1911–2002), pioneer...
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    the fall term of 2008. Consolmagno gave the keynote speech at the 2013 Stellafane amateur telescope making convention on Aug 10. He appeared on The Colbert...
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  • Shantou 1980 VL1 Shantou, Guangdong, China MPC · 3139 3140 Stellafane 1983 AO Stellafane, the annual Vermont star party organized by the "Springfield...
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  • 2018: Second Place, Telescopes-Mechanical/Other, Stellafane Convention, for a quilt, “This is Stellafane!” 2018. 2014: Great Exhibitions Prize for Body...
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  • to organize Stellafane, the observatory near Springfield, Vermont, where amateur telescope makers still meet annually for the Stellafane convention. He...
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    Two amateur-built Dobsonian style telescopes on display at Stellafane in the early 1980s...
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    Amateur astronomers can build their own equipment and can hold star parties and gatherings, such as Stellafane....
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  •  616–617, Bibcode:1958S&T....17..616C Willard, B., "A Brief History of Stellafane" Archived 2008-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Astronomical League Award...
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    National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine Stellafane Observatory, an amateur observatory in Vermont, built on land belonging...
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    Archived 2021-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Ken Slater and Nils Olof Carlin Stellafane ATM Build a Couder Mask; Build an Everest Pin Stick Harbour 2008 pp 49-51...
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    Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop Stellafane Observatory Districts Advent Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District Ascutney...
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    Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop Stellafane Observatory Districts Advent Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District Ascutney...
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    Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop Stellafane Observatory Districts Advent Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District Ascutney...
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  • the 4th millennium BCE 3140, a number in the 3000 (number) range 3140 Stellafane, an asteroid in the Asteroid Belt, the 3140th asteroid registered Hawaii...
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  • Willard, Ken Slater for The Springfield Telescope Makers. "Stellafane Museum Home Page". stellafane.org. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint:...
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  • Heppenheim, Germany Štefánik's Observatory 1928 Prague, Czech Republic Stellafane Observatory 1920 Springfield, Vermont, US Stellar Vista Observatory 2019...
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    Walter Scott Houston Walter Scott Houston at the 1983 Stellafane Convention Born (1912-05-30)May 30, 1912 Tippecanoe, Wisconsin Died December 23, 1993(1993-12-23)...
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    (Modern) Largest optical telescopes of the world (Historical & Modern) Stellafane telescope links Archived 2021-02-11 at the Wayback Machine Portals:  Astronomy...
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    complex is very comparable to the home of the Springfield Telescope Makers "Stellafane" in America. This is a collection of buildings and telescopes on a parcel...
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    Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop Stellafane Observatory Districts Advent Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District Ascutney...
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    Perkins Marsh Boyhood Home Robbins and Lawrence Armory and Machine Shop Stellafane Observatory Districts Advent Camp Meeting Grounds Historic District Ascutney...
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  • later collected into a book, Gleanings Bulletin C. Through the early Stellafane meetings, Cox came to know Russell W. Porter and Albert G. Ingalls. Cox...
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