About us
The Chitral Astronomical Society is a volunteer group of amateur astronomers, physics teachers, mountain guides, and dark-sky advocates based in Chitral, Pakistan. We meet on moonless weekends, run public star parties in schools and villages, and record the night sky over one of South Asia's last Bortle 1 regions.
The society is unaffiliated with any government body and receives no external funding. Our work is documented openly on this site — the Tonight dashboard, encyclopedia, and dark-sky atlas are all built by members for public use.
Members
~40 active observers across Chitral, Garam Chashma, and Booni.
Base
Chitral town · 35.85° N 71.79° E · elevation 1,500 m.
Contact
Member astrophotography
From our dark skies
Every photo tagged with rig & conditions.
Milky Way over Shandur
2025-07-24 · Shandur Pass, 3,738 m
- Rig
- Sony α7 III · Samyang 14mm f/2.8 · 20s × 12 stacked
- Conditions
- Bortle 1 · SQM 21.9 · seeing III/V · 4 °C, calm
Waxing crescent over Tirich Mir
2025-09-02 · Reshun ridge, 2,300 m
- Rig
- Canon R6 · RF 100–500 at 400mm · 1/250 f/7.1 ISO 400
- Conditions
- Transparency 8/10 · seeing II/V · light wind
Andromeda from Broghil
2025-10-11 · Karambar Lake, Broghil, 3,700 m
- Rig
- ZWO ASI2600MC · Redcat 51 · 60 × 120s, dual-band
- Conditions
- Bortle 1 · SQM 22.0 · moonless · –2 °C
Orion rising above the springs
2025-12-04 · Garam Chashma, 1,859 m
- Rig
- Nikon Z6 · Sigma 35mm f/1.4 · 15s × 8
- Conditions
- Bortle 2 · SQM 21.4 · faint high cloud
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