News
August 05, 2009
Pakistan Amateur Astronomers Society acquires premium optics and equipment. These include a Sky-Watcher 100ED OTA, laser collimator, eye-pieces, crayford focuser, and telrad finder. Visit the gallery for images
July 22, 2009
Zain Ahmed successfully captures the Asian Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2009 in the early hours of morning.
Location ------------------------------------------- Karachi
Time: ------------------------------------------------ Sunrise
Equipment used:---------------------------------Sony DSC-W1 Cyber-shot at ISO 100, exposure of 0.005 sec (1/200), aperture f/2.8, afocally coupled to a Vixen R130 at 32.5X.
June 06, 2009
A star party was organized by the members of Pakistan Amateur Astronomers Society at PixSense Karachi. The purpose of was to assess the feasablility of organizing future small scale star nights and observing events. I would thank Mehdi and Faraz for their active role in managing this small event.
March 09, 2009
A new equipment was added today. It is a Celestron 127 EQ, 5" Newtonian. Not a premium instrument though, rather a below-average device for an astronomical society, but this 5" reflector should give a tough competition to the 6" refractor SK'EYE-3 already in use by our Society. It is expected to get the first light no earlier than April' 2009 or even June' 2009.
August 01, 2008
An activity was organised at PIA Planetarium Karachi by Pakistan Amateur Astronomers Society and other astronomers in Karachi to view the Solar Eclipse. It was seen as a 40% partial eclipse. The telescopes that participated in the activity were P.A.A.S.'s 6" refractor SK'EYE-3 Alkhawarzmi, Air Commodore Khalid Marwat's Meade 8" SCT, and Mr. Imran Rasheed's 4.25" Newtonian.
November 07, 2007
The Comet Holmes gets bigger and brighter in the night sky, showing up almost entire night. . The comet is easily visible to naked eyes, and perfect view through a good binocular. Unfortunately our society is not being able to get good images under brightly lit urban skies, and persistently failing to snap this hurrying object.
August 21, 2007
The contruction of the long-sought SK'EYE-4 finally begins. It would be a 12.5" Newtonian with a focal ration of f/6 with a 1/8th wave accuracy. It is expected to take one year to get completed.
July 25, 2007
The Venus shines bigger and brighter in its crescent phase. It appears closer to horizon and remains on the sky for a shorter period and soon disappears behind horizon some time after Sunset. We captured the image of Venus as it shines bright near the horizon. The instrument used was SK'EYE-3, with Nokia 6600 VGA camera. View the image in the pictures gallery .
June 18, 2007
The project of photographing Venus Occultation by Moon was met with partial success. The approach phase could not be photographed in-toto with "Crescent and Star" in the same field because of small field of view of SK'EYE-3. However, receding phase was successfully photographed despite the Moon being very low at the dusty horizon. Please view the photos gallery.
June 12, 2007
Pakistan Amateur Astronomers Society prepares to capture the major celestial event of Occultation of Venus by Moon, at the evening hours of June 18, 2007. The event has a unique importance for the viewers in Pakistan, as the nation would witness its national symbol of Crescent and the Star, in the sky.
