Location: Iceland highlands

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 7×50 binoculars
• 80mm refractor

Targets:

• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• Betelgeuse
• Polaris

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: Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Antoine Delorme, Claire Dumont

Location: Arizona desert, USA

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Clear sky, low humidity, seeing ~7/10

Instruments:

• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 80mm refractor
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

• Venus
• The Moon
• Perseus star field
• 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: Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Lina Chevalier