Location: Mont Ventoux area, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Cold and stable atmosphere, seeing ~8/10

Instruments:

• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• Albireo
• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• Jupiter
• M57 (Ring Nebula)

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.

Lucille remarked that the sky in her dreams no longer felt distant; it felt attentive.

Members present: Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Nicolas Artaud, Paul Garnier

Location: Quercy Dark Sky Reserve, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 7×50 binoculars
• 80mm refractor
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• Polaris
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• M42 (Orion Nebula)

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.

Lucille remarked that the sky in her dreams no longer felt distant; it felt attentive.

Members present: Ayoub Berrabeh, Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Nicolas Artaud, Sophie Martin