tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post614358548827830319..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Astronomy catching on in PakistanSalman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-11731458995268211382014-04-14T15:04:48.478-04:002014-04-14T15:04:48.478-04:00Shamim Akhtar Sheikh FRAS
It was good to read Ast...Shamim Akhtar Sheikh FRAS<br /><br />It was good to read Astronomy was catching on in Pakistan.I am pleased to inform that I have been elected Fellow of Royal Astronomical Society, London.This is a leading learned society in the world for Astronomy and Geophysics.I am humbled by this honour.I thought I share this good news with friendsshamim sheikhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-24454353490550359082010-12-12T06:10:25.876-05:002010-12-12T06:10:25.876-05:00The name of this place is Badro Jabal. I don't...The name of this place is Badro Jabal. I don't know what is the background of this name, but literally it means "mountain of the full moon". I had visited this massif at 3000 ft in the first week on Nov this year with three other members of Karachi Astronomers Society, on my recent visit to Pakistan. The sky was so transparent, we could see the Earth glow even on the half moon (which itself was blinding). So I can presume a full moon would be quite a spectacle, hence the name.<br />I literally "discovered" this place using Google Earth while looking for possible venues for altitude astronomy (and an observatory in future) at an easily accessible and roadable location not too far away from Karachi and still far away from city lights. Badro Jabal was the best in all respects. The visit in Nov was a probe mission to check the feasibility of carrying out astronomy sessions there which paved the way for this bigger event in December.<br />Thank you Salman for posting this update. A lot more is going on at the astronomy scene in Pakistan, including designing and making of bigger and better astronomical telescopes. We literally have taken off...thanks to the ambitious astronomers in Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, and in fact all over Pakistan.Dr. Muhammad Akbar Hussainhttp://astronomer.zoomshare.comnoreply@blogger.com