Observation Session – 25 August 2012

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