Observation Session – 02 September 2017

Location: Cévennes National Park, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

  • 250mm Dobsonian telescope
  • 200mm Newtonian reflector
  • 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

  • NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
  • The Moon
  • M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
  • Perseus star field

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: Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Paul Garnier