Location: Plateau de Valensole, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Very dark sky (Bortle 2–3), light wind
Instruments:
- 7×50 binoculars
- 80mm refractor
- 250mm Dobsonian telescope
Targets:
- Betelgeuse
- Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
- NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
- 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: Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Julien Bertaud