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