Location: Plateau de Valensole, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight
Instruments:
- 300mm Dobsonian reflector
- 80mm refractor
- 200mm Newtonian reflector
Targets:
- NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
- Betelgeuse
- Perseus star field
- 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: Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Nicolas Artaud