Rutjuga is the word taken from Urdu Dictionary meaning “wake up all night“. Astronomy in Dark Skies is done by waking up all night, far from city lights, hence we coined the word “Rutjuga” to these sessions.

The journey of Rutjuga and Adventure

Since 2008, KAS has been holding public and private Astronomy events in Karachi.  Since 2009, KAS has been doing Dark sky Astronomy trips outside of Karachi in different places in Sindh and Balochistan. These events are special events that are arranged and organized solely by Karachi Astronomers Society (KAS) event management team.

In Karachi, KAS started the trend of taking large groups of people outside Karachi who love Astronomy, starry night in general, travel, explore, wildlife, mountains, peace, adventure, explore the galaxies and planets through telescopes and binoculars. The credit goes to Mr. Naveed Merchant and Mr. Hanif Bhatti who took the step forward for initiating these dark sky trips outside Karachi. It wouldn’t have been possible because of these two legends.

Till now KAS has arranged 32+ such events which is a major achievement considering the traveling, weather and sky conditions. Many private events for executive team and for recce purposes have also been arranged since then. Till now KAS has done Rutjugas at different dark sky places in Sindh and Balochistan including Gorakh Hills, Kirthar National Park, Bado Jabal, Mirpur Sakro, Kalri Lake, Mud Volcanoes, Ranikot Fort, Mirpur Sakro, Kalri Lake and Kanrach. The farthest we have gone is ~400 Kms by road and off road.

This website contains photos of all our Rutjugas. It will be continuously updated with photos so keep visiting.

Read more on Rutjuga Activities.

Credits

The efforts put into making this website a reality should be appreciated. Special thanks to Mr. Abubaker Shekhani  (Co-Founder & Gen. Secretary KAS) for creating this website. Thanks to Mr. Mehdi Hussain and Mr. Sajjad Ahmed for their contribution.