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Lahore Astronomical Society is on Instagram now! Follow us there to see the latest updates on what’s happening at LAST and in the universe. We will also post activities of our members, our outreach programs, our meetings, astronomy gear and our experiments, some astronomy news and celestial events!
Lunar Observation at ZAICAS School
Lahore Astronomical Society conducted a lunar observation in collaboration with Smart Learning Institute at ZICAS School, Mustafa Town, Lahore.
The observation was preceded by a primer on LAST by Event Manager, Mr. Alpha Bhatti and an intro to Astronomy by Vice President, Mr. Roshaan Bukhari.
Kids and adults and even Police (Dolphin and others) were seeing Moon for the first time. Kids were very happy to see the cratered surface. Some teaching staff expressed their amazement in expressions like ‘Subhanallah’.
We thank the President of LAST, Mr. Umair Asim for allowing us to use the 10” dobsonian telescope for this event.
Astrophysics of a Ladder
'Astrophysics of a Ladder' aims to send you back home smiling, knowing a lot more about the Universe than you did coming in! We will show you, rung by rung, the beautiful relationship between our brains and the entire Universe. It will be an interactive session where you, the audience, will participate in unlocking the biggest secrets of our Universe in simple and elegant ways. It is a journey of how we know what we know about the Universe.
As always, if you want to attend the meeting, you have to register with our event manager: Mr Alpha Bhatti 03177125742
Hamari Kainaat - New Moon Sighting For Islamic Calendar
In this episode of Hamari Kainaat, Umair Asim and Dr. Salman Hameed, talk about the issues with the efforts to using calculations for moon sighting and why is it so difficult. They discuss the new Moon-sighting website from the Ministry of Science & Technology (Pakistan) and also look at the reasons why there is resistance amongst some in adopting calculations for an Islamic calendar.
Pakistan Moon Sighting Website:
http://pakmoonsighting.pk/
Moon Sighting Website (Engineer Khalid Shaukat):
https://www.moonsighting.com/
Thinnest Moon Observation (Sky & Telescope)
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/thinnest-crescent-moon/
Hamari Kainaat - Scientific Thinking
Dr Salman Hameed (Associate Professor, Hampshire College, USA) and Umair Asim (Lahore Astronomical Society) talk about scientific thinking and attempt to answer how scientists approach a conclusion, importance of doubt etc. in this new episode of 'Hamari Kainaat'.
Eden Astronomical Observatory - now online!
Eden Astronomical Observatory, a privately-owned observatory in Lahore, is now recognized by MPC (Minor Planet Center) as the 2nd research grade observatory in Pakistan, only after Zeds Astronomical Observatory.
A view from inside Eden Astronomical Observatory, showing Celestron C14 with Losmandy Titan mount.
Minor Planet Center of International Astronomical Union is responsible for the identification, designation and orbit computation of asteroids and comets (and more) of our solar system.
Sending good astrometric data gives you the opportunity to be granted an ‘Observatory Code’ for your permanent observatory which is working in the field of Asteroids’ detection and identification. Zeds Astronomical Observatory was Pakistan’s first to recieve the Observatory Code from MPC which is N30 and is listed at MPC and JPL website.
Search for N30 (Zeds Astronomical Observatory) and N31 (Eden Astronomical Observatory) here at this link.
The owner of both observatories, and president of LAST, Mr. Umair Asim says:
”Due to heavy light pollution at the location of Zeds Astronomical Observatory, I moved the main telescope to a bit darker location in Lahore. For a few months, took some astrometric data of some asteroids and then sent this to MPC. They checked the quality and accuracy and granted me Pakistan’s second MPC observatory code which is N31. I believe there are only two MPC recognized observatories and both are in Lahore.”
This is great news for the amateur Astronomy community of Pakistan and we wish well to all future endeavors!
Science and Religion, May 2019 Monthly Meeting
May 2019 Monthly Meeting will be held, as usual, at Zeds Astronomical Observatory. Mr Umair Asim, who is the owner of the Zeds Astronomical observatory and President of Lahore Astronomy will be giving us a talk on Science and Religion via Skype.
There will be a group photo after the talk and refreshments will be served.
As always, if you want to attend the meeting, you have to register with our event manager: Mr Alpha Bhatti (Email:alpha247tech@gmail.com)
New Episode of 'Hamari Kainaat' podcast
Umair Asim and Dr Salman Hameed talks about the newly discovered image of the Blackhole, history of blackhole idea and the actual discovery to the real image of the Event Horizon itself. Hamari Kainaat is always in Urdu language.
Copy of Astro-Geology, April 2019 Monthly Meeting
April 2019 Monthly Meeting will be held, as usual, at Zeds Astronomical Observatory. Mr Saif ur Rehman, who is a Geological Engineer from University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, will be giving us a talk on Astro-Geology.
There will be a group photo after the talk and refreshments will be served.
As always, if you want to attend the meeting, you have to register with our event manager: Mr Alpha Bhatti (Email:alpha247tech@gmail.com)