Location: Iceland highlands

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 7×50 binoculars

Targets:

• Mars
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• The Moon

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, Lina Chevalier