Location: Pyrenees – Gavarnie valley, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Mars
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
• Perseus star field
• 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, Lina Chevalier, Marc Lefèvre

Location: Plateau de Millevaches, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 7×50 binoculars

Targets:

• Venus
• M45 (Pleiades)
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• Jupiter

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, Claire Dumont

Location: Quercy Dark Sky Reserve, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Cold and stable atmosphere, seeing ~8/10

Instruments:

• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 80mm refractor
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• Saturn
• Polaris
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M57 (Ring Nebula)

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, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Paul Garnier