Location: Parc naturel du Vercors, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 100mm apochromatic refractor

Targets:

• Polaris
• Venus
• The Moon
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)

Observation notes:

The session began in ordinary fashion with instrument setup completed before full darkness and the group returning to several familiar fields.

At 02:07 all members present observed a vast shape drifting silently across the sky.

The form was described independently by multiple observers as resembling a whale.

Its movement was slow and continuous, with no sound and no corresponding entry in the night's expected satellite or aircraft notes.

All members present confirmed the sighting.

Members present: Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Claire Dumont, Marc Lefèvre

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

Location: Alpes – Col de la Bonette, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 7×50 binoculars

Targets:

• Venus
• Rigel
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)

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, Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Marc Lefèvre, Sophie Martin

Location: Parc naturel du Vercors, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• Betelgeuse
• Jupiter
• The Moon
• 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: Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Paul Garnier, Nicolas Artaud

Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

• Polaris
• Perseus star field
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• Albireo

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, Antoine Delorme, Julien Bertaud

Location: Plateau de Valensole, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 250mm Dobsonian telescope
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

• Perseus star field
• Mars
• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• 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: Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Adama Traoré, Marc Lefèvre, Antoine Delorme

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

Location: Alpes – Col de la Bonette, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• Betelgeuse
• Jupiter

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.

Several members described a thin fissure-like distortion in the deep sky, visible only for a few seconds before the field returned to normal.

Members present: Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Marc Lefèvre, Lina Chevalier

Location: Plateau de Millevaches, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector

Targets:

• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• Saturn
• M45 (Pleiades)
• Polaris

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.

Repeated checks of alignment suggested the instruments were functioning correctly, though the viewed field still felt subtly unstable.

Members present: Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Paul Garnier, Claire Dumont