Location: Atacama Desert, Chile
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Cold and stable atmosphere, seeing ~8/10
Instruments:
- 200mm Newtonian reflector
- 300mm Dobsonian reflector
- 7×50 binoculars
Targets:
- Perseus star field
- Mars
- M57 (Ring Nebula)
- Rigel
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, Lucille Godefert, Adama Traoré, Claire Dumont