Observation Session – 26 February 2011

Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

  • 100mm apochromatic refractor
  • 80mm refractor
  • 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

  • Rigel
  • The Moon
  • M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
  • Saturn

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, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Claire Dumont, Julien Bertaud