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Together, they ground, polished, and fi gured ing space for RV parking. Hot meals are available from a mirrors, completed their telescopes, and began using them, And Why You Should Come catered food tent. soon becoming thoroughly captivated by amateur astronomy. Every year in the dark of a midsummer new moon, amateur The original Stellafane site on Breezy Hill remains the By 1923 they had formed a club, the Springfi eld Telescope astronomers and telescope makers travel great distances to location for the telescope competition, and of course is Makers, and had built Stellafane, our now legendary club- gather on a beautiful rural hilltop in Springfi eld, Vermont. where the Stellafane clubhouse and Porter Turret Telescope house. In 1925 their activities drew the attention of Albert The 2012 Stellafane Convention will be held August are located. In 1986, faced with the loss of access to an Ingalls, an editor at Scientifi c American. He visited the club, 16–19. The oldest and one of the largest assemblies of night adjacent fi eld that had been the Convention’s camping area, and soon began publishing articles by Porter and others about sky enthusiasts, The Stellafance Convention has been hosted the STM, with the support of members who mortgaged their telescope making. This generated interest across the country, here at the birthplace of American amateur telescope mak- homes, purchased a 40-acre farm across the road from the and the club decided to invite other amateurs to visit. ing by the Springfi eld Telescope Makers (STM) since 1926. original Stellafane site. This became known as Stellafane On July 3, 1926, 29 people came to Breezy Hill, and The East.