Location: Cévennes National Park, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 80mm refractor

Targets:

• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• Rigel
• Betelgeuse

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, Lina Chevalier, Antoine Delorme

Location: Pyrenees – Gavarnie valley, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Cold and stable atmosphere, seeing ~8/10

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• The Moon
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• Jupiter
• 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, Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Sophie Martin, Julien Bertaud

Location: Sahara – Mali desert plateau

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

• Jupiter
• Rigel
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• 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: Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Paul Garnier, Claire Dumont