2nd Astronomy Session at the Isra University Hyderabad
Bilal In a “smalltalk” between me and Sir Naveed, the date of 2nd February was chosen for 2nd “Fly to the Moon” Telescopic Observing Session. We decided the date, got the…
Astronomy
Late Night Observing Session
3rd January 2012 was a usual evening. I was sitting at the stairs of my office waiting for the electricity. Suddenly I had a look at the sky, and I…
World Space Week 2011 Celebrations
It was my wish since a long time, that an Astronomy Event be arranged in Hyderabad. But for many reasons, this couldn’t happen. When I was gifted a precious telescope…
Sketching The Hunter
I went up the sky and tried to find Orion. It was about to hide behind the buildings. The sky was amazingly clear so I quickly drew this sketch. Orion,…
Deep Sky Observing Session, Part 2 – The DSO Marathon
By 6:30 P.M the Sun had gone to sleep behind the hills and telescopes were assembled and ready to take part in Celestial Hunting. Of course, the first object was…
Deep Sky Observing Session, Part 1 – To Balochistan
Finalized the program on Tuesday On Friday, woke up at 9 A.M and slept at 4:30 A.M. On Saturday, woke up before 7 A.M and got ready. Boarded the bus…
How I Built My Telescope
Asad is a youngster hailing from a small town Okara in Pakistan. He has recently completed his 6″ Newtonian Reflector after a lot of hard work. He has written his…
Zodiac Shift: Fact or Fiction?
While surfing through some astronomy websites yesterday, suddenly one sentence drew my attention. It was talking about the shift in zodiac signs. By that time, I had started receiving questions…
Anything that can go wrong,
Will go wrong. Yes, it is the infamous Murphy’s Law. A remark made by a disgusted engineer took the form of an adage, which is widely used today in many…
Cold Night, Mosquitoes, Stars
Ramiz Qureshi from Karachi was online. He told me that he was experiencing almost 100% transparent skies there. I thought to check out my portion of sky and therefore I…