Location: Plateau de Valensole, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• Perseus star field
• Rigel
• Mars

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, Ayoub Berrabeh, Marc Lefèvre, Paul Garnier

Location: Quercy Dark Sky Reserve, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• M42 (Orion Nebula)
• The Moon
• Betelgeuse
• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)

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, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Sophie Martin, Paul Garnier