Location: Utah desert, USA

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• Mars
• Jupiter
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
• M42 (Orion 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: Lucille Godefert, Adama Traoré, Antoine Delorme

Location: Plateau de Valensole, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 7×50 binoculars
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• Albireo
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M45 (Pleiades)
• M42 (Orion 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: Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Lina Chevalier