Karachi Astronomers Society

Caption: The morning twilight Milky way galaxy and its reflection in water.
Location: Mirpur Sakro, Sindh.
Photographer: Abubaker Siddiq Shekhani.

Caption: The Summer Arm (Sagittarius Arm) of Milky way being set behind the Mud Volcanoes.
Location: Balochistan, Pakistan.
Photographer: Abubaker Siddiq Shekhani.

Caption: The Summer arm of Milky way galaxy in the early morning with Planet Venus.
Location: Ranikot Fort, Sindh.
Photographer: Abubaker Siddiq Shekhani.

Caption: The rising winter arm of Milky way galaxy with the Andromeda galaxy.
Location: Ranikot Fort, Sindh.
Photographer: Abubaker Siddiq Shekhani.

Caption: The rising crescent Moon, Mercury and Venus during the 5 planets alignment.
Location: Ranikot Fort, Sindh.
Photographer: Abubaker Siddiq Shekhani.

Caption: The brightest and largest star cluster in the night sky; Pleiades also known as Seven Sisters (Suriyya) is the open star cluster about 444 light years away from Earth.
Location: Mirpur Sakro, Sindh.
Photographer: Abubaker Siddiq Shekhani

Caption: The brightest and largest Nebula to be seen from Earth in the night sky; Orion nebula is the stellar nursery where stars are being born and is 1400 light years away.
Location: Mirpur Sakro, Sindh.
Photographer: Abubaker Siddiq Shekhani

Caption: This is a very rare event where we had two crescents in the Sky. One is the Moon (right) and the other one is planet Venus (left).
Location: Mirpur Sakro, Sindh.
Photographer: Ebrahim Haq

Caption: Swirling Plasma of our star "The Sun".
Location: Karachi, Sindh.
Photographer: Sajjad Ahmed

Caption: The largest planet of our Solar System "Jupiter" at opposition when it is nearest to Earth.
Location: Karachi, Sindh.
Photographer: Sajjad Ahmed.

By Newsline Admin

Web Stories

April 6, 2016

By Newsline Admin

Web Stories

April 6, 2016

Back in 2008, a group of astronomy enthusiasts met up at a Partial Solar Eclipse session at the PIA planetarium. It was here that the Karachi Astronomers Society was born.

Since then the KAS has grown considerably and now has members around the country. This group of mostly amateur astronomers is bringing stargazing and science to anyone who is interested. They conduct star parties, telescope making sessions and astronomical discussion. The group also includes a number of photography enthusiasts who have captured some sublime images of the vast expanses of space.

The KAS shared some of these with Newsline.

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