Location: Parc naturel du Vercors, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

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

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, Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Julien Bertaud

Location: Pic du Midi foothills, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

• 100mm apochromatic refractor
• 7×50 binoculars
• 250mm Dobsonian telescope

Targets:

• Mars
• Albireo
• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• 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.

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: Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Ayoub Berrabeh, Paul Garnier, Sophie Martin

Location: Parc naturel du Vercors, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• M45 (Pleiades)
• 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: Ayoub Berrabeh, Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Nicolas Artaud

Location: Alpes – Col de la Bonette, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• M42 (Orion Nebula)
• The Moon
• M13 (Hercules Cluster)

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: Ayoub Berrabeh, Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Sophie Martin

Location: Parc naturel du Vercors, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Saturn
• Rigel
• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• 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.

Members present: Maxime Dallois, Lucille Godefert, Sophie Martin

Location: Plateau de Millevaches, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Saturn
• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)
• M57 (Ring Nebula)

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, Sophie Martin, Paul Garnier

Location: Plateau de Valensole, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Excellent transparency after midnight

Instruments:

• 150mm Newtonian telescope
• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 80mm refractor

Targets:

• Albireo
• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• Saturn
• 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.

Members present: Adama Traoré, Lucille Godefert, Sophie Martin, Paul Garnier

Location: Mont Ventoux area, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

• 300mm Dobsonian reflector
• 200mm Newtonian reflector
• 150mm Newtonian telescope

Targets:

• M31 (Andromeda Galaxy)
• Perseus star field
• M57 (Ring Nebula)
• 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.

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

Members present: Adama Traoré, Ayoub Berrabeh, Paul Garnier

Location: Pyrenees – Gavarnie valley, France

Session duration: 2 nights

Sky conditions: Moderate turbulence, seeing ~6/10

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• Albireo
• Rigel
• Venus
• M42 (Orion Nebula)

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.

In the desert air, several members noticed a distinct perfume of flowers seeming to fall from above, despite the absence of vegetation in the surrounding area.

Members present: Lucille Godefert, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Julien Bertaud

Location: Auvergne volcanic plateau, France

Session duration: 2 nights

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

Instruments:

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

Targets:

• M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
• Mars
• Double Cluster (NGC 869/884)
• NGC 7000 (North America Nebula)

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, Maxime Dallois, Adama Traoré, Lina Chevalier