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