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Karachi Astronomers’ Society (KAS) is a dedicated group of astronomers, almost all of them amateurs, in Karachi. KAS is the short name given to this society by the founders. Now KAS has its active members all around Pakistan including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Quetta, Sargoda, Hyderabad and other cities.

The society is made up of individuals who are willing to work for the achievement of KAS’s goals and objectives from anywhere in the world.

KAS is the first national-level Astronomy club and largest Astronomy club of Pakistan in terms of members, affiliations, and events, having arranged many types of events promoting Astronomy as a hobby and science in Karachi and Pakistan. Since 2008, KAS has been promoting the use of Binoculars and telescopes through various events, workshops and Rutjugas and made enthusiasts aware of usage, availability and technicalities.

We have our discussions online on the following platforms:

Facebook group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/KarachiAstronomersSocietyOfficial/

Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/KarachiAstronomy/

OUR PROJECTS

SOLAR ASTRONOMY PROJECT

A lot of activities are happening on the horizon of Solar Astronomy in Pakistan for last few years and this is good news that solar astronomy is thriving in Pakistan at the same rate and on the same scale as the night time astronomy.

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RUTJUGA

Since 2009, KAS has been doing Dark sky Astronomy trips outside of Karachi in different places in Sindh and Balochistan. These events are special events that are arranged and organized solely by the Karachi Astronomers Society (KAS) event management team.

See Rutjuga

KAStrodome

The Kastrodome is an urban space observatory project at Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi for Karachi Astronomers Society. The KAStrodome is a 12 feet diameter observatory and houses a 12.5″ Newtonian on a Losmandy GM-100 mount.

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OUR COSMIC TEAM

MEHDI HUSSSAIN
MEHDI HUSSSAINFounder & Core Team member
Amateur astronomer for the past 30 years and has built several telescopes and a domed observatory, Kastrodome, which houses a 12 inch RCT.
ABUBAKER SHEKHANI
ABUBAKER SHEKHANIFounder & Core Team member
The Moon watching us in the night sky pulls me towards looking it more closely and led me to the never-ending wonderful world of Astronomy.
KHALID MARWAT
KHALID MARWATFounder
Karachi Astronomers’ Society (KAS) is a dedicated group of astronomers, almost all of them amateurs. KAS is the short name given to this society by the founders.
IMRAN RASHEED
IMRAN RASHEEDFounder
Imran Rasheed is one of the founders and has been a core member of KAS since 2008.
ZAIN AHMED
ZAIN AHMEDFounder
Avid stargazer since 25+ years! Telescope, book & Urdu aficionado. Environmentalist. Astronomy & birdwatching populariser. Father. Artist. Engineer.
HANIF BHATTI
HANIF BHATTITraveling Partner & Core Member
Traveler, Nature Lover and the most active core member of KAS since 2010 leading all the expeditions and KAS trips. Founder of PakWheels.com.
AKBER HUSSAIN
AKBER HUSSAINFounder
Akber Hussain is one of the founders of KAS. He is the director of KAStrodome and runs an observatory in Australia.
ABBAS JAFRI
ABBAS JAFRIFounder
Abbas Jafri is one of the founders of KAS, an electrical engineer and KAS GoTo Telescope expert who does A-Z services of telescopes and electronics.
HAYYAN QADRI
HAYYAN QADRIManagement Team
Grandpa’s gift: 6” Skywatcher; & binocular hooked me with astronomical observations; reading; discussions. KASian for 9 years. Digital Marketer.
MUHAMMAD AZAM
MUHAMMAD AZAMManagement Team
Muhammad Azam
FARHAN SIDDIQUI
FARHAN SIDDIQUIManagement Team
Farhan Siddiqui
HUZAIFA AHMED
HUZAIFA AHMEDManagement Team
HUZAIFA AHMED
ASIM QADRI
ASIM QADRIManagement Team
KASian for a decade. Feels like diverse love-domains: Humans, Poetry, Libraries, and Mandarin training; all rooted in Astronomy. Allah knows.
AMMAR QADRI
AMMAR QADRIManagement Team
Ammar Qadri has been a Core Team member of KAS since 2011 and helped in arranging public and private events.
SHAHBAZ AHMED ALVI
SHAHBAZ AHMED ALVIManagement Team
I have been a member of KAS since 2015 and, in addition, I am also doing studying for a Ph.D. in Cosmology at the University of Ferrara in Italy.

OUR ACTIVITIES

PUBLIC OUTREACH

KAS arranges public outreach events throughout the city (and especially in schools, colleges and universities) on International events such as InOMN,  GAM and Celestial events.

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STAR PARTIES

Star parties are when we meet for whole night Astronomy night which we call Rutjuga. Since 2009, KAS has been doing Dark sky Astronomy trips outside of Karachi in different places in Sindh and Balochistan.

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ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

Our members throughout the globe learn from each other through our community and share their amazing Astrophotography consisting of Lunar images, deep-sky objects, milky way, nebulas and galaxies.

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