Observation Session – 12 February 2011

Location: Pyrenees – Gavarnie valley, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

  • 7×50 binoculars
  • 200mm Newtonian reflector
  • 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

  • The Moon
  • M57 (Ring Nebula)
  • M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
  • Mars

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, Sophie Martin, Claire Dumont