Location: Atacama Desert, Chile
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10
Instruments:
- 200mm Newtonian reflector
- 80mm refractor
- 250mm Dobsonian telescope
Targets:
- M45 (Pleiades)
- M57 (Ring Nebula)
- Polaris
- Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
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, Maxime Dallois, Julien Bertaud, Antoine Delorme