Location: Pyrenees – Gavarnie valley, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Cold and stable atmosphere, seeing ~8/10

Instruments:

• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 80mm refractor

Targets:

• Betelgeuse
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• Polaris

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, Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Marc Lefèvre, Sophie Martin