Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Cold and stable atmosphere, seeing ~8/10
Instruments:
- 100mm apochromatic refractor
- 80mm refractor
- 7×50 binoculars
Targets:
- M42 (Orion Nebula)
- Betelgeuse
- Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
- Mars
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, Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Claire Dumont