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 or click  here.

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. The picture here is an example how Venus and Moon might appear few minutes before occultation.