Location: Namib Desert, Namibia

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• Rigel
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• Perseus star field

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: Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Nicolas Artaud, Sophie Martin

Location: Quercy Dark Sky Reserve, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• Albireo
• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)

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: Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Lina Chevalier