Jun 30
As Pakistanis prepare for the holy month, filling their refrigerators with Seher and Iftar essentials, and go lengths to ensure that their Eid dresses are ready on time, they are all fixated on one question: “Yaar, chaand kab hai?” (When will the moon be sighted?) Thanks to the ill-informed reporting of our media and the myth-believing …
Mar 20
Whenever you are bored and have got ample spare time, what do you do? Read books? Watch TV? Go out with friends to movies or fast food? Well, Astronomers, on first priority make out to a dark sky location in countryside, so we can observe thousands of stars and feel the grandeur of the Universe. …
Oct 24
Solar Astronomy Session at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology as part of World Space Week 2012 celebrations. Met officials of MUET and Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO). Open Day, many stalls were setup by different people. Water rocket competition, model designing, and others. We too setup the telescope at stall reserved …
Oct 14
Zain Ahmed from Karachi Astronomers Society informed me that his colleagues at Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Corporation (SUPARCO) were arranging an observing session at Mehran University of Engineering and Technology (MUET), Jamshoro on 9th October. After speaking to my fellow astronomer friends Zeeshan Ahmed and Amjad Nizamani, I decided that we’d show up …
Oct 04
While doing my daily tasks, I thought of unpacking my telescope after a long time, and do some observing thing. I also realized that this was the start of World Space Week 2012, so I became even more excited for it. Telescope was setup at 11:26 PM and I really had a hard time in …
Jun 03
2017 UPDATE: At the time I wrote this post, the Transit of Venus 2012 was just around the corner, and I had no resources to safely observe it, so I found this method and it worked just as fine. I and my friends had no adverse effects on our eyesights because we did take several …
Mar 04
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 poster and flyers ready, and officially announced it through the notice board. Very soon, everyone was talking about it. I was amazed with the number …
Jan 05
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 felt happy from inside. I always like the Winter Sky since it is clear like a jewel box. I was thinking to take out my …
Oct 12
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 by Dr. Aslam Chohan from England, I thought I now could organize an event easily. Soon after receiving the telescope, I realized the the World …
Mar 01
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, often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation located on the celestial equator and visible throughout the world. It is one of the most conspicuous, and most …