Location: Plateau de Valensole, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Clear sky, low humidity, seeing ~7/10
Instruments:
- 7×50 binoculars
- 300mm Dobsonian reflector
- 150mm Newtonian telescope
Targets:
- M42 (Orion Nebula)
- The Moon
- Mars
- Betelgeuse
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, Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Lina Chevalier, Antoine Delorme