Location: Pyrenees – Gavarnie valley, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Clear sky, low humidity, seeing ~7/10
Instruments:
- 7×50 binoculars
- 100mm apochromatic refractor
- 80mm refractor
Targets:
- NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
- Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
- Saturn
- M42 (Orion 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, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Sophie Martin, Paul Garnier