Location: Alpes – Col de la Bonette, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• Saturn
• Betelgeuse

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.

Ayoub Berrabeh noted that the silence of the site felt disproportionate to the open terrain, as if sound were being absorbed above the group.

Members present: Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Nicolas Artaud

Location: Parc naturel du Vercors, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• Jupiter
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• Polaris
• Perseus star field

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, Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Antoine Delorme, Paul Garnier

Location: Tenerife – Teide National Park, Spain

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Perseus star field
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• Venus
• Mars

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: Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Nicolas Artaud, Marc Lefèvre

Location: Sahara – Mali desert plateau

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 7×50 binoculars
• 200mm Newtonian reflector

Targets:

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

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: Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Claire Dumont

Location: Quercy Dark Sky Reserve, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 80mm refractor
• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 7×50 binoculars

Targets:

• Betelgeuse
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• 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.

Wind could be clearly heard during part of the night, yet nearby trees and grass remained perfectly still throughout the interval.

Lucille remarked that familiar stars seemed to possess abnormal depth, as if the field opened behind them rather than beyond them.

Members present: Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Antoine Delorme

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

Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Perseus star field
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
• Polaris
• 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.

Members present: Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Paul Garnier, Antoine Delorme

Location: Plateau de Valensole, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Saturn
• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• Albireo
• The Moon

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.

Lucille remarked that familiar stars seemed to possess abnormal depth, as if the field opened behind them rather than beyond them.

Members present: Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Marc Lefèvre, Nicolas Artaud

Location: Utah desert, USA

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)

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.

The group returned several times to the same region because the first impression could not be dismissed, yet no conventional explanation was agreed upon.

Members present: Adama Traoré, Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Ayoub Berrabeh, Antoine Delorme, Paul Garnier

Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• M13 (Hercules Cluster)
• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• M45 (Pleiades)

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