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