Observation Session – 02 June 2012

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