Location: Quercy Dark Sky Reserve, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Clear sky, low humidity, seeing ~7/10
Instruments:
- 100mm apochromatic refractor
- 200mm Newtonian reflector
- 80mm refractor
Targets:
- Saturn
- Albireo
- M42 (Orion Nebula)
- Mars
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: Ayoub Berrabeh, Maxime Dallois, Sophie Martin