Location: Plateau de Valensole, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• Polaris
• 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: Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Claire Dumont, Paul Garnier