Location: Plateau de Valensole, France
Session duration: 2 nights
Sky conditions: Very dark sky (Bortle 2–3), light wind
Instruments:
- 250mm Dobsonian telescope
- 7×50 binoculars
- 100mm apochromatic refractor
Targets:
- Rigel
- Betelgeuse
- M42 (Orion Nebula)
- The Moon
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, Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Nicolas Artaud, Paul Garnier