Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Cold and stable atmosphere, seeing ~8/10

Instruments:

• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• Rigel
• Saturn
• Venus

Observation notes:

Planetary and deep-sky observation proceeded under calm conditions, with most of the session devoted to visual comparison between the larger reflector and the refractor.

Several members made sketches in the field notebook and compared the apparent brightness of bright stars against previous entries.

Members present: Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Maxime Dallois, Paul Garnier