Night sky photographer, retrograde operator. Eclipse chaser, TWAN member.https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3ml654z6dc22wAPOD 82 Retrograde Neptune & Saturn 2025-6 apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260506.html vimeo.com/1177973763 I photographed Neptune and Saturn every 6 to 11 days between 9th May 2025 and 25th February 2026 while both planets traced their retrograde loops.06 May 2026 07:04 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml654z6dc22whttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3ml22k35suc24@wilwheaton.net day today.🖖😎04 May 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml22k35suc24https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3mhs5bu53pc2tThe appearance of Comet Hyakutake in 1996 had ended a long drought of great comets. But the weather in March 1996 was not very favourable. I was able to see Hyakutake at its closest for 10 minutes only. When I took this single picture 30 years ago today, clouds were coming back already.24 Mar 2026 08:19 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhs5bu53pc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3mghjc2tgzc2jAPOD 81 & 53 2 Total Lunar eclipses of Saros 133 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260307.html I had photographed 21st February 2008 eclipse from Kaş, Turkey, whereas Petr Horalek shot the pictures of 3rd March 2026 eclipse from Kitt Peak, Arizona.07 Mar 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mghjc2tgzc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3mg6jntauh223Souvenir shot of total Lunar eclipse of 3rd March 2026, around the beginning of totality.🌚 This is from Flamingo Campgrounds in Everglades NP, Florida.03 Mar 2026 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg6jntauh223https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3mfe3yqugis2mAPOD 80 Twilight With Moon and Planets https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap260221.html Saturn, Mercury, Venus and the Moon shine through bright twilight in the evening of 19th February 2026, as seen from Kirazlı village on the road between Bursa and Uludağ NP.21 Feb 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfe3yqugis2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3mby5ddex2c25@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social Only Bold Boimler can take out Bold Boimler..😏09 Jan 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3mby5ddex2c25https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3m64u7kmza22l@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social Not the weekend yet.😏🖖21 Nov 2025 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64u7kmza22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3m3hbdjblrs2n@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social It's the weekend baby.👊🖖18 Oct 2025 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3hbdjblrs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3ltvw6e5rj226"...Dr. Jones, on three separate occasions, has attempted to set fire to the herpetology wing of the biology department." [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltvw6e5rj226https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3ls3visylp22eAPOD 79 2 Worlds, 2 Analemmas https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250621.html The Martian analemma was presented by @elakdawalla.bsky.social‬ here: https://www.planetary.org/articles/a-martian-analemma ...Meanwhile, I had put together the Earth version while I was working in Baku, Azerbaijan: vimeo.com/19517465221 Jun 2025 06:12 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls3visylp22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lrgm33253s2n#Heleşüküroviç [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrgm33253s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lqhvwn74ac2zThis one aged well. Well, really slowly...😉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 May 2025 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqhvwn74ac2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lqenmhkoss2jAPOD 78 Retrograde Mars 2024-5 https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250530.html vimeo.com/1085645909 I photographed Mars every 5 to 9 days between 19th September 2024 and 18th May 2025, while the red planet traced its retrograde loop in Gemini and Cancer.30 May 2025 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqenmhkoss2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lq56ym2f7c23@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social 😁🖖27 May 2025 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq56ym2f7c23https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lpoyzj3qkk2k@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social I reckon he will be weaving a new one in no time.😏 PS. This is a deserted M-class planet in a dark matter nebula, so we could say, like in a day or two.21 May 2025 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpoyzj3qkk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lpm6yd6qck23Retro is always cool... vimeo.com/1085645909 https://vimeo.com/108564590920 May 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpm6yd6qck23https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3ln35nia2s226😁😂 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln35nia2s226https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lm5xdvftsc2f@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social you know what to do...😉06 Apr 2025 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5xdvftsc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3ljxilge5fs2h@daghanirak.com daha yüksek irtifadaki kayak merkezlerini kullanmaları gerekecek. Böyle hoşaf gibi karda ve sıcak havada sakatlık riski de artıyor.09 Mar 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxilge5fs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lj2qvpouqk26Quote post with a picture you took in a National Park. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2025 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj2qvpouqk26https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3li2g72pexs2a@nocontexttrek1.bsky.social Quark delivers his inner Edwin Starr; in case you may want to use these some time in the future.😉🖖 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztZI2aLQ9Sw13 Feb 2025 09:54 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2g72pexs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lfouab2gzc27Here is a Best 9 comet selection, as seen by SOHO LASCO C3.☄️ PS. Comets NEAT and Bradfield were suggested by @sungrazercomets.bsky.social in October 2024.14 Jan 2025 08:43 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfouab2gzc27https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3lff2ycr6e22uComet C/2024 G3 Atlas is barely visible against bright twilight with Mercury shining at mag. -0.4. This view is from a 500-meter-high hilltop near Çepni village, about 30 km northwest of Bursa, Turkey. 0748 GMT+3, 10th January 2025.10 Jan 2025 11:17 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3lff2ycr6e22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3l67xasrg2724At last, aurora is visible from Bursa, Turkey. An X-class Solar flare and accompanying CME delivered aurora as far south as Bursa, Turkey, 40d N on 10-11 October. This look at north from 1730-meter-high Bakacak peak of Uludağ NP finds red aurora shining over Bursa, and even İstanbul 100 km away.11 Oct 2024 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3l67xasrg2724https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3l65ad2hv6y25APOD 77 5 comets from SOHO https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241010.html A selection of 5 comets, as seen by SOHO Lasco C3 coronagraph. This has been the first time my name appears with an APOD, which I did not actually photograph.10 Oct 2024 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3l65ad2hv6y25https://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3kyq24kpvu22iAPOD 76 Mars, Uranus, Pleiades https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240802.html I photographed Mars for 16 days between 12-27 July 2024, as it passed by Pleiades, and also greenish Uranus which is moving much slower in the sky. I started photography at Mt. Sandras in Denizli, then completed imaging in Bursa, Turkey02 Aug 2024 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3kyq24kpvu22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3kw2ihoivpe2pAPOD 75 Solstice Moon https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240629.html Full Moon of 21-22 June 2024 occurred within 28 hours of the solstice. I set up a camera at my rooftop in Bursa, Turkey to photograph the Moon every 10 minutes, which stayed less than 7 hours in the sky and rose only 22 degrees at local midnight.29 Jun 2024 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3kw2ihoivpe2phttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3kr42bga3xb2eAPOD 74 All Sky Moon Shadow and Eclipse Sun is up, but the sky is dark and the horizon is bright all around. Then you are in the Moon's shadow during a total eclipse of the Sun. Along with the solar corona surrounding the silhouette of the Moon planets and stars are visible during totality.27 Apr 2024 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3kr42bga3xb2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/tunctezel.bsky.social/post/3kq6nu6vshu2aEclipse, Pons-Brooks, shadow, beads...😎🌚🌞🌟💫 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2024 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:3dwebgvb7owunr34qs2w4dox/app.bsky.feed.post/3kq6nu6vshu2a