Observation Session – 04 June 2011

Location: Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Very dark sky (Bortle 2–3), light wind

Instruments:

  • 300mm Dobsonian reflector
  • 80mm refractor
  • 7×50 binoculars

Targets:

  • Mars
  • M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
  • M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
  • 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: Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Paul Garnier, Claire Dumont