Location: Cévennes National Park, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Rigel
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
• Betelgeuse

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, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Paul Garnier

Location: Sahara Desert, Morocco

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

• Rigel
• Saturn
• Betelgeuse
• Polaris

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, Antoine Delorme