The first day a weather front came through with a blowing and intense downpour. After that, there were three fine nights for observing the night skies, and with moderate summer temperatures, it was perfect convention weather. The optical competition had a strong field with many excellent telescopes, one of the best fields in years. The mechanical competition also had a nice variety of beautifuly crafted scopes and accessories. Thursday's Hartness House Workshop on Lunar Morphology went very well with a excellent set of speakers.
The keynote speaker this year was Dr. Constance "Connie" Rockosi, UC Santa Cruz - UCO/Lick Observatory, who discussed her work on building the Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope and CCD camera.
See: A visit to the Stellafane Telescope Makers Convention
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