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Stellafane 2005

Dolores Rinaldi places a cross at the grave of teacher/astronaut Christa McAuliffe in a cemetary in Concord New Hampshire. This was a detour taken by Dan Lorraine on the way up to Stellafane.
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Skyscrapers members pay their respect: L-R Jim Hendrickson, Tracey Halley, Ken Dore, Dolores Rinaldi
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Engraving at the top of McAuliffe's grave stone showing the shuttle and seven stars - one for each astronaut killed in the tragic explosion of the Challenger
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Dick Parker standing with his home made 6
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Dick Parker's 6
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Bob Horton and his telescope at Stellafane
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Bob Horton's telescope at Stellafane
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A spider made of piano wire and guitar tuning knobs.
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A telescope for
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stellafane
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A 3.5
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Web Master Jim Hendrickson examins 3 of the 12 known Porter Garden telescopes. These were built during the depression and sold for $500 each. Less than 100 were produced.
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John Dobson, father of the Dobsonian telescope, a revolutionary design that put large aperature instruments into the hands of amateurs
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Author Bert Willard
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New observatory construction with handicap access at Stellafane. Note the beautiful cloud structure and colors.
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