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