Location: Auvergne volcanic plateau, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 7×50 binoculars

Targets:

• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• Rigel
• M45 (Pleiades)
• Venus

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.

Wind could be clearly heard during part of the night, yet nearby trees and grass remained perfectly still throughout the interval.

Members present: Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Nicolas Artaud, Julien Bertaud

Location: Pyrenees – Gavarnie valley, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• Mars
• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• Rigel
• Albireo

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: Ayoub Berrabeh, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Julien Bertaud, Marc Lefèvre