STARFEST 2011
This year's Starfest was held on July 29-31, 2011.
Photo Gallery of this year's Starfest
This event was once again hosted at the Stone Tavern Farm under the exceptionally dark skies of Delaware Co. NY. The Stone Tavern Farm is a 400 acre working farm located near the Catskill town of Roxbury, NY.
There's a large pavilion with enough seating for all the attendees during meals and talks. It overlooks one of the large grassy fields used for camping, included free with your registration, and observing. In addition, there is a spring fed swimming pond for you to relax in the warm weather.
THIS YEAR'S SPEAKERS WERE:
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This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Glenn Schneider, an Astronomer based
at Steward Observatory, AZ, is the
Project Instrument Scientist for the
Hubble Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). His research is centered on the formation,
evolution, and characterization of extra-solar planetary systems and
has focused on the direct detection of sub-stellar and planetary mass companions
to young and near-by stars. In addition, Glenn has the distinction of being one of the worlds greatest
"eclipse chasers" or umbraphiles. He is also an authority on Mercury and Venus transits. (Think 2012.)
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Rob Teeter of Teeter's Telescopes. Teeter's Telescopes, LLC., was born out of the desire to provide fellow amateur astronomers with quality products that yield the best possible views of the night sky. We use only what we deem to be the highest quality materials in the construction of all of our products. We have been in the Telescope Making arena for the last twelve years (eight professionally) and in that time we have seen our creations showcased at the Stellafane Telescope Making Convention, Vermont (award pictured at right, below), for innovativeness and craftsmanship and also at the Mason-Dixon Star Party for craftsmanship (1st Place - 1998). Our products have also been featured in Astronomy Technology Today Magazine.
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Donations courtesy of:
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