Location: Parc naturel du Vercors, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 7×50 binoculars
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• Albireo
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• Perseus star field
• Polaris

Observation notes:

The observation session felt unusually focused, with repeated returns to the same fields and repeated instrument checks despite stable conditions.

Several members remarked that familiar regions of the sky appeared difficult to describe in ordinary observational terms.

Members present: Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Maxime Dallois, Paul Garnier

Location: Canary Islands – La Palma Observatory area, Spain

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Very dark sky (Bortle 2–3), light wind

Instruments:

• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 7×50 binoculars

Targets:

• Mars
• Polaris
• Saturn
• The Moon

Observation notes:

The observation session felt unusually focused, with repeated returns to the same fields and repeated instrument checks despite stable conditions.

Several members remarked that familiar regions of the sky appeared difficult to describe in ordinary observational terms.

Lucille remarked that familiar stars seemed to possess abnormal depth, as if the field opened behind them rather than beyond them.

Members present: Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Marc Lefèvre