Observation Session – 14 May 2016

Location: Namib Desert, Namibia

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

  • 150mm Newtonian telescope
  • 7×50 binoculars
  • 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

  • The Moon
  • M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
  • Saturn
  • Rigel

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: Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Sophie Martin