Observation Session – 19 June 2010

Location: Sahara Desert, Morocco

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

  • 7×50 binoculars
  • 250mm Dobsonian telescope
  • 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

  • M45 (Pleiades)
  • M42 (Orion Nebula)
  • M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
  • 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.

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

Members present: Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Nicolas Artaud

Observation Session – 05 June 2010

Location: Tenerife – Teide National Park, Spain

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

  • 7×50 binoculars
  • 80mm refractor
  • 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

  • Mars
  • M45 (Pleiades)
  • M13 (Hercules Cluster)
  • Albireo

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 added that the dreams were becoming more precise, often repeating specific constellations and the same sensation of being observed.

Members present: Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Marc Lefèvre, Claire Dumont