Observation Session – 17 July 2010

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