The Springfield Telescope Makers Association hosts an annual "convention under the stars" at the Stellafane site in Springfield, VT, USA. This event draws astronomers, astronomy enthusiasts, and telescope makers from across North America and the world for three days of workshops, camping, and lectures. I was honoured to have been selected to offer the keynote lecture on the final night of the convention. The lecture is given at the Stellafane site in an outdoor amphitheatre, inviting the universe to light up the night as the speaker lights up the audience.
Thanks to support from members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) Sudbury chapter, who nominated for this lecture, I was able to share with a 200-person audience the work that we do at SNOLAB to see some of the most difficult things in the universe, all without using light to do so.
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- "The Stellafane Report 2025" by Bob Meadows of the Westport Astronomical Society in CT, USA