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