Location: Auvergne volcanic plateau, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 7×50 binoculars
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• M42 (Orion Nebula)
• Mars
• M57 (Ring Nebula)

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, Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Sophie Martin