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telescope, the Breuning Domed Observatory built in the early 2000s, the Flanders Pavilion, built in 2005 and named after founding club member Ernest Flanders, the "Amphitheater" hillside presentation area, the "Bunkhouse", which contains radio communications equipment, and several other buildings on
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Russell Porter was born in Springfield in 1871, and in 1919, upon returning to the town, began constructing telescopes with the assistance of employees and equipment from the factories in Springfield. The Springfield Telescope Makers Club grew out of an instructional class on how to make telescopes
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The Stellafane Convention is held every year on the club's land and buildings on the summit of Breezy Hill. It was started by Porter and the Springfield Telescope Makers in 1926, as an occasion for some 20 amateur telescope makers to compare telescopes and exchange ideas. It has since become
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The original 20-by-24-foot (6.1 by 7.3 m) clubhouse, with an 11-by-13-foot (3.4 by 4.0 m) ell added in 1926, included a meeting room, a kitchen, a workshop, and bunk rooms on the second floor. The building incorporated a polar
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Although the amateur telescope competition and display is still held on the original site around the clubhouse, most of the convention activities since the 1980s have taken place at Stellafane East, an annex to the original land about
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meaning "Shrine to the Stars", and originally referred specifically to the clubhouse, but has since come to refer to all of the club's land and buildings on the summit of Breezy Hill, west of downtown Springfield.
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Thousands of amateur telescope makers from all over the world gather to share their innovations, join in competitions, and enjoy the night sky. The convention is generally held over the weekend of the
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Over 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land at Stellafane East are reserved as a camping area, with plots for tents, campers, and RVs to reside during the multi-day convention and other gatherings.
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is the longest running astronomical convention in the United States, having been held nearly every year at the location since 1926. The clubhouse and observatory became listed on the
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Besides the historic Stellafane "pink clubhouse", the original site includes Porter's uniquely designed Turret Telescope, a 12-inch (300 mm; 30 cm) f/17
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Stellafane East includes the more recent McGregor Observatory, built between 1986 and 1991, which boasts a 13-inch (330 mm; 33 cm)
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Stellafane West is still the location where the Springfield Telescope Makers hold most of their meetings and telescope competitions.
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Solar Observatory was constructed near the Turret Telescope, named after long-time convention attendee Andrew E. Simoni (1918–2013).
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in 1989, in recognition of the club's pioneering role in the popularization of astronomy and the amateur construction of telescopes.
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rotated concrete dome with the telescope mounted on the outside, with the observer on the inside working in heated comfort.
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on display during the 1983 Stellafane Convention with the pink Clubhouse and the Porter Turret Telescope in the background
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The convention has been attended by several notable figures in the fields of astronomy and space exploration, including
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editor who wrote stories about Russell W. Porter and the Springfield Telescope Makers
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The convention has been held nearly every summer since 1926, with the exceptions of:
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View of the original pink Clubhouse at the Stellafane Observatory (2021).
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View of the Breuning Domed Observatory at the 2021 Stellafane Convention
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The Stellafane logo on the cornerstone of the McGregor Observatory
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that was started by Porter the following year, on 12 August 1920.
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Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
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View of the Simoni Spectrohelioscope building at Stellafane West
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View of the Flanders Pavilion at the 2021 Stellafane Convention
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Stellafane presentation at the hillside amphitheater in 1999
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1949–1953, following the death of founder Russell W. Porter
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Notable amateur astronomers associated with Stellafane
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The McGregor Observatory building at Stellafane East
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3140 Stellafane

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Springfield
Windsor County
Vermont
Coordinates
43°16′42″N 72°31′10″W / 43.278278°N 72.519475°W / 43.278278; -72.519475
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Stellafane is located in Vermont
Stellafane is located in the United States
Springfield, Vermont
77000107
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Stellafane is located in the United States

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