Observation Session – 16 July 2011

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