Starship Asterisk*

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The Rise of the Andromeda Galaxy


This picture was taken from Saklıkent located in Antalya at 2000m altitude summits of Taurus Mountain range.

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haliçpanoramao.jpg haliçpanoramak.jpg Sky polarization as seen from historical Galata Tower (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Tower) at sunset where the sun altitute was 6-7 degrees. Golden Horn is an inlet of the Bosphorus dividing the city of Istanbul and forming the natural harbor that has sh...

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Milky Way under the moonlight.

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http://spaceweather.com/submissions/pics/m/M.-Rasid-TugralaEfe-Tuncel-1003739_10151757664789835_619077830_n_1374973733.jpg Here is a picture of a lunar transit of ISS in daytime. We took this image early in last morning. While we were taking this, the sky was so bright so an intense post-processing...

The trio at their peak. Taken from Ankara, Turkiye.
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The last full moon of the year as seen from Ankara, Turkiye.
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Saturn and Venus are 1/2^o apart in these pictures. Mercury is also visible below.

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Descending Big Dipper and Air Glow.

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Full moon and crepuscular rays over Mt. Erciyes Volcano.

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Harvest Moon and Hunad Hatun Complex

Hunad Hatun Mosque and Complex was built in 12th century during Anatolian Seljuk Empire. It was built by Hunad Hatun who was the wife of Kayqubad I. The complex includes Turkish bath, Madrasa and a türbe (tomb).

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Dolmabahce mosque was built in 1855. It's located near Dolmabahce Palace which is the first palace built in european style during Ottoman Empire. It was designed by Armanian Architect Garabet Balyan.

Meeting of the planets over the bridge which connects two continents. The Bosphorus Bridge is one of symbolic structures of Istanbul. In the night the bridges colours changes in every few minutes.

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apod.jpg This picture was taken from TÜBİTAK National Observatory in Antalya, Turkiye. The city Antalya is 30km away from the observatory. It is now bigger than ever and affecting the observations very badly. Second thing which astronomers (other than who studies planetary) don't like usually is ou...

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Belt of Venus and Earth's Shadow as seen from TÜBİTAK National Observatory at 2500m peak of Bakırlıtepe in Antalya, Turkiye.

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Belt of Venus and Earth's Shadow as seen from TÜBİTAK National Observatory at 2500m peak of Bakırlıtepe in Antalya, Turkiye.

Three firsts at the same time: My first green flash, my first transit of Venus (and probably the last), and Venus' mirage.

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Tonight's conjuction of Jupiter and Moon as seen from Ankara.

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