Observation Session – 02 January 2010

Location: Cévennes National Park, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

  • 200mm Newtonian reflector
  • 300mm Dobsonian reflector
  • 80mm refractor

Targets:

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

Observation notes:

Transparency improved after midnight and allowed longer visual work on faint deep-sky targets.

The larger telescope resolved dense clusters cleanly, while the refractor was used for wider fields and comparison views.

Members present: Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Antoine Delorme, Julien Bertaud