Public Outreach

One of our founders of KaAS Mr. Naveed Merchant kept discussing and encouraging us to get to the top of Gorakh Hills and have a star party there. We used to say yes only and agree but didn’t know how we can make it possible going there. You might have heard about Gorakh Hills. You have to pass through Sehwan Sharif, and Dadu and through the unpaved paths on the mountain where only 1 vehicle can pass at a time. Want to know more? About Gorakh Hills From Wikipedia, “It is situated at an elevation of 5,688 ft (1,734 m). in the [...]

2 days before the peak of Geminids Meteor Shower back in December 2010, I was sitting on my seat while programming, I got an email. It was an email in which we planned to go to Kalri Lake, Sind for watching the Geminids meteor Shower. The peak of Geminids Shower is on 13 Dec. Unfortunately, the 13 was Monday and considering the work load at office I dropped the idea of joining the trip. Lucky Day I thought for a moment that this opportunity might not come every year, let’s do it. The KaAS team and Pak Wheels planned the trip [...]

Our Dr. Akbar delivered us a healthy SkyMAX 180 from Australia a few weeks ago. "This boy is big Masha Allah", we thought about the 5 kg Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope or ‘Munna’, and I set on the mission of finding a good school for it. My search landed me at the Education Bay School (EBS) in DHA VIII, Karachi. The principal kindly gave me an appointment for Saturday 14th April ’12, and I and Irfan bhai went to meet the school’s director, Mr. Salman Mehtab. We were impressed with EBS. The final exams were very near, so that was a bit of a [...]

YET some active souls of our land have been witnessing these dimensions for years, alhamdolillah, and have well-learnt how to blend regular busy lives with overnight picnics, I would say, arranged for under dark skies for astronomical observations ... Ratjagas with exciting learning ventures .. Navigate through the re-done article underneath, and you will discover what "Sky is not the limit" really means... if the BEAUTY ENTICES you.. then just "Like" the KAAS page, visit, and be in touch with Karachi Amatuer Astronomers Society.. This is a brief travelogue of my first & the society’s 3rd Astro-Trip... Star-gazing night ... Dark-sky-picnic... [...]

The Event Date: 9th of April, 2011 Day: Saturday Timings: 05:30 – 08:00 Event Location: PECHS School behind PECHS College   Few days back, one of my colleagues at SZABIST who teaches at PECHS Girls School requested me to give a session on Astronomy along with a Sky watching session with Telescope. I grabbed the opportunity since the session was on a very convenient day. It was Saturday and most of the people would be free especially the KaAS team and organizers. Our managing committee was also invited to the event to give their knowledge to the youth. The day was decided because [...]

Zain Ahmed of Karachi Astronomers Society called me and a few other members of KaAS this weekend over at the FFO (The Fifth Floor Observatory; the name given to Zain Ahmed’s apartment rooftop). None of the other members could make as they had other priorities. I, however, was craving some astronomy-action so I headed up there! A Night of Intellectual Discussions On 1st of April, we had initially decided to take the Sky-Watcher 100ED Telescope out for observation of Saturn - but it was quite late by the time I reached the FFO, and also both of us had some commitments [...]