Location: Utah desert, USA

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 100mm apochromatic refractor

Targets:

• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)

Observation notes:

Sky conditions were nearly ideal, with excellent transparency and very little atmospheric turbulence.

Despite the quality of the night, no satellite passages were noted for an unusually long interval.

The sky felt empty tonight.

Members present: Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Adama Traoré, Claire Dumont

Location: Alpes – Col de la Bonette, 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:

• Rigel
• The Moon
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)

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: Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Antoine Delorme