Location: Cévennes National Park, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10
Instruments:
- 150mm Newtonian telescope
- 80mm refractor
- 200mm Newtonian reflector
Targets:
- M42 (Orion Nebula)
- Saturn
- Mars
- NGC 7000 (North America 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, Lucille Godefert, Paul Garnier