Observation Session – 22 May 2010

Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

  • 100mm apochromatic refractor
  • 80mm refractor
  • 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

  • NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
  • M13 (Hercules Cluster)
  • Perseus star field
  • Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)

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: Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Maxime Dallois, Nicolas Artaud

Observation Session – 08 May 2010

Location: Parc naturel du Vercors, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

  • 7×50 binoculars
  • 200mm Newtonian reflector
  • 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

  • M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
  • Albireo
  • Mars
  • 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.

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