The Stellafane Clubhouse is a clubhouse built by the Springfield Telescope Makers club of Springfield, Vermont, just 94 miles (151 km) northeast of Albany, New York. The house is also home to the Stellafane Convention, which is a once-a-year gathering of amateur telescope makers and astronomers typically held over the weekend of the new moon closest to the height of the Perseid meteor shower (usually early August); primitive camping is also available during the event. “Clubhouse grounds are open to the public on certain times of year, and public events are held regularly,” a friend of EarthSky explains. For more information, please visit http://stellafane.org/ or call (via the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce) at 802-885-2779.
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Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Prior to that, she had worked for the University of Texas McDonald Observatory since 1976, and created and produced their Star Date radio series. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she won the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.