Looking to the stars

Published April 16, 2014
The stars serve as a perfect backdrop to this picture of team Karachi Astronomers Society at Lake Kalri. – Photo by Ramiz Qureshi
The stars serve as a perfect backdrop to this picture of team Karachi Astronomers Society at Lake Kalri. – Photo by Ramiz Qureshi

The Karachi Astronomers Society are an astronomical society formed between 2008 and 2009, based in Karachi and run completely by enthusiasts. Its aim is to promote astronomy and to bring it back from its relative obscurity in the country. The society has over 1000 members; most of whom very actively promote and pursue astronomy within their own means. It also owns some of Pakistan's largest and most advanced telescopes; which are used on their monthly astronomy trips to different locations near Karachi, as well as in their public sessions.

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