Stellafane at its Best

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Stellafane at its Best

There's star parties and star parties — and then there's Stellafane.Inaugurated in 1926, the Stellafane Telescope Makers' Convention isprobably the longest-running star party in North America, if not theworld.

The Milky Way shines behind Stellafane's Pink Clubhouse.Dennis diCiccoIt's loaded with history and held at a beautiful site — the top of Breezy Hill, near Springfield, Vermont.

BreezyHill is classic New England. There are a few truly spectacular spots onthe New England coast or in its higher mountains, and Breezy Hill isn'tone of them. It's not even truly dark. The glow of nearby Springfieldis obvious to the northeast, and even distant Boston's skyglow can bemade out far to the south-southeast. But it's dark enough to see theMilky Way quite nicely, thank you. And from the top, wave after wave ofgreen hills stretch endlessly to the horizon. Not spectacular, butaltogether lovely.

Richard KoolishI missed this year's convention, for reasons that will feature innext week's blog. (I was under far better skies in California.) But S&T'sother editors showed up en masse as usual, and they assure me that thiswas the best Stellafane in recent memory, with three nights of superb,transparent skies.

Click here to see a fine video of the 2010 Stellafane Convention from the Stuck in Vermont blog. Or see the photo album from Dick Koolish, one of the fellow members from my own astronomy club, the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston.

In case you're wondering: It's no accident that I share a name with the Flanders Pavilion. The initial donation for the Pavilion was made by Aunt Frances to honor my great uncles Ernest and Ralph, both of whom were charter members of Stellafane. Needless to say, I've made my own donation, too. How about you?

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