Location: Plateau de Millevaches, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Very dark sky (Bortle 2–3), light wind

Instruments:

• 7×50 binoculars
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• Albireo
• Polaris
• Jupiter
• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)

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, Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Lina Chevalier, Julien Bertaud