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[Dave Mitsky]

<p>Into each life a little Stellarain must fall, but my wife and I missed it because with the forecast being what it was, we left Stellafane East in the late afternoon after the <em>Using the new &quot;Small Smart Telescopes&quot; to Generate Science</em> talk, and, for the very first time, went to the Springfield Cinema, a great little multiscreen theater in the middle of Springfield.&nbsp; We saw <em>Twisters</em>, which was full of cliches but was rather entertaining, nevertheless.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p>On Saturday, I went to the swap meet, but only spent six dollars.&nbsp; One of the items that I purchased was an Edmund Scientific planisphere from the 1970s.&nbsp; Afterwards, I attended a great talk titled <em>Amateurs Mapping the Hydrogen Sky: the MDW Sky Survey.&nbsp;</em> The H-alpha images from the survey were simply incredible.</p>
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<p>I then took the bus to Breezy Hill.&nbsp; There weren't very many telescopes in the competition this year.&nbsp; The skies cleared so I stayed long enough for the Porter Turret Telescope to be set up for solar observing.&nbsp; Numerous sunspots were visible on the projection wheel.</p>
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<p>It was back to the Flanders Pavilion after that, where I caught Phil Harrington's talk on binoculars.&nbsp; I listened to most of the talk titled <em>Restoration of a 1895 12&frac12; inch Warner &amp; Swasey Telescope </em>and then grabbed a quick bite.</p>
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<p>Larry Mitchell gave another one of his excellent presentations.&nbsp; This time it was on open clusters and asterisms.</p>
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<p>I went back to the motel with a pizza in hand.&nbsp; My wife didn't want to go to the Saturday evening presentation and keynote talk, which was&nbsp;<em>From ATM and Stellafane to Polishing Webb Mirrors</em>.<br />
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The forecast was an unhappy one, so I left after the keynote talk.<br />
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Weatherwise it was far from an ideal Stellafane and I was glad to get in as much observing as I did on Thursday night.&nbsp; Nevertheless, I enjoyed attending this year's Stellafane.&nbsp; As always, I took many photographs, but it will be a while until I can post them.</p>
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[Skywatchr]

<p>Into each life a little Stellarain must fall, but my wife and I missed it because with the forecast being what it was, we left Stellafane East in the late afternoon after the <em>Using the new &quot;Small Smart Telescopes&quot; to Generate Science</em> talk, and, for the very first time, went to the Springfield Cinema, a great little multiscreen theater in the middle of Springfield.&nbsp; We saw <em>Twisters</em>, which was full of cliches but was rather entertaining, nevertheless.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p>On Saturday, I went to the swap meet, but only spent six dollars.&nbsp; One of the items that I purchased was an Edmund Scientific planisphere from the 1970s.&nbsp; Afterwards, I attended a great talk titled <em>Amateurs Mapping the Hydrogen Sky: the MDW Sky Survey.&nbsp;</em> The H-alpha images from the survey were simply incredible.</p>
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<p>I then took the bus to Breezy Hill.&nbsp; There weren't very many telescopes in the competition this year.&nbsp; The skies cleared so I stayed long enough for the Porter Turret Telescope to be set up for solar observing.&nbsp; Numerous sunspots were visible on the projection wheel.</p>
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<p>It was back to the Flanders Pavilion after that, where I caught Phil Harrington's talk on binoculars.&nbsp; I listened to most of the talk titled <em>Restoration of a 1895 12&frac12; inch Warner &amp; Swasey Telescope </em>and then grabbed a quick bite.</p>
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<p>Larry Mitchell gave another one of his excellent presentations.&nbsp; This time it was on open clusters and asterisms.</p>
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<p>I went back to the motel with a pizza in hand.&nbsp; My wife didn't want to go to the Saturday evening presentation and keynote talk, which was&nbsp;<em>From ATM and Stellafane to Polishing Webb Mirrors</em>.<br />
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The forecast was an unhappy one, so I left after the keynote talk.<br />
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Weatherwise it was far from an ideal Stellafane and I was glad to get in as much observing as I did on Thursday night.&nbsp; Nevertheless, I enjoyed attending this year's Stellafane.&nbsp; As always, I took many photographs, but it will be a while until I can post them.</p>
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[Dave Mitsky]

I'm not sure what happened when I posted the original from a computer at the Best Western outside of Springfield but here's a corrected and slightly revised version.

Into each life a little Stellarain must fall, but my wife and I missed it because with the forecast being what it was, we left Stellafane East in the late afternoon after the “Using the new "Small Smart Telescopes" to Generate Science” talk on Friday, and, for the very first time, went to the Springfield Cinema, a great little multiscreen theater in the middle of Springfield.  We saw “Twisters”, which was full of cliches but was rather entertaining, nevertheless.

 

On Saturday, I went to the swap meet, but only spent six dollars.  One of the items that I purchased was an Edmund Scientific planisphere from the 1970s.  Afterwards, I attended a great talk titled “Amateurs Mapping the Hydrogen Sky: the MDW Sky Survey”.  The H-alpha images from the survey were simply incredible.

 

I then took the bus to Breezy Hill, the location of the famous Pink Clubhouse.  There weren't very many telescopes in the competition this year and the optical competition was not held due to the weather.  The skies cleared for a time, so I stayed long enough for the Porter Turret Telescope to be set up for solar observing.  Numerous sunspots were visible on the projection wheel.

 

It was back to the Flanders Pavilion after that, where I caught Phil Harrington's talk on binoculars.  I listened to most of the talk titled “Restoration of a 1895 12½ inch Warner & Swasey Telescope" and then grabbed a quick bite at the food tent.
 

Larry Mitchell gave another one of his excellent presentations.  This time it was on open clusters and asterisms, which were the targets for Telescope Observing Olympics this year.

 

I went back to the motel with a pizza in hand.  My wife didn't want to go to the Saturday evening presentation and keynote talk, which was “From ATM and Stellafane to Polishing Webb Mirrors”.
 

The forecast was an unhappy one, so I left after the keynote talk.
 

Weatherwise, it was far from an ideal Stellafane and I was glad to get in as much observing as I did on Thursday night.  Nonetheless, I enjoyed attending this year's Stellafane.  As always, I took many photographs, but it will be a while until I can post them.

[George N]

BTW -- here's a link to Al Nagler's blog post  -- Stellafane: Al’s Voyage “Home” -- link: https://televue.com/...ls-voyage-home/

Edited by George N, Yesterday, 03:08 PM.