Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 80mm refractor

Targets:

• Jupiter
• Betelgeuse
• M42 (Orion Nebula)
• Albireo

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: Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Julien Bertaud, Paul Garnier