Location: Plateau de Millevaches, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 7×50 binoculars
• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• Saturn
• Betelgeuse
• M45 (Pleiades)

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, Adama Traoré, Claire Dumont