Location: Quercy Dark Sky Reserve, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• Albireo
• Venus
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M57 (Ring 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: Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Paul Garnier

Location: Namib Desert, Namibia

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 80mm refractor
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• M45 (Pleiades)
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• Albireo
• Jupiter

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, Maxime Dallois, Julien Bertaud, Claire Dumont

Location: Sahara – Mali desert plateau

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

• The Moon
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
• Betelgeuse
• M57 (Ring 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, Maxime Dallois, Marc Lefèvre