Location: Quercy Dark Sky Reserve, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Very dark sky (Bortle 2–3), light wind
Instruments:
- 200mm Newtonian reflector
- 7×50 binoculars
- 250mm Dobsonian telescope
Targets:
- M42 (Orion Nebula)
- Perseus star field
- Polaris
- M45 (Pleiades)
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: Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Sophie Martin