Location: Sahara – Mali desert plateau

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• Venus
• Perseus star field

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: Lucille Godefert, Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Antoine Delorme, Marc Lefèvre

Location: Utah desert, USA

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 7×50 binoculars
• 80mm refractor
• 100mm apochromatic refractor

Targets:

• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• Albireo
• Mars
• Jupiter

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: Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Paul Garnier, Antoine Delorme

Location: Iceland highlands

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• M42 (Orion Nebula)
• Albireo
• Betelgeuse
• The Moon

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, Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Julien Bertaud, Lina Chevalier