Observation Session – 28 February 2009

Location: Mont Ventoux area, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Clear sky, low humidity, seeing ~7/10

Instruments:

  • 250mm Dobsonian telescope
  • 80mm refractor
  • 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

  • Saturn
  • Venus
  • Rigel
  • 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, Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Sophie Martin, Claire Dumont

Observation Session – 14 February 2009

Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

  • 100mm apochromatic refractor
  • 200mm Newtonian reflector
  • 7×50 binoculars

Targets:

  • M57 (Ring Nebula)
  • M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
  • NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
  • M42 (Orion Nebula)

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, Lina Chevalier, Sophie Martin