Photography

As soon as Cem got his first camera, he started taking night shots. When he realized that he could make things that are invisible to the human eye visible through the camera, he became addicted to it. He has been capturing the beauties of the night sky with his camera ever since. He takes so much pleasure from being in the solitude under the stars at night that he doesn’t realize how time flies.

– Optolong NightScape Competition 2024 (Nightscape 1st place)

– Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2023, Royal Observatory Greenwich (Our Sun Category shortlist) – with Tunç Tezel (TWAN)

– Optolong NightScape Competition 2022 (Nightscape 1st place)

– Photo NightScape Awards 2022, France (Mobile Phone 2nd place and Nightscape shortlist)

– 2x Astronomy Picture of the Day by NASA

His works have also been featured in Sky&Telescope magazine and on the social media accounts of organizations such as TWAN, IDA and the European Space Agency (ESA).

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The thin cloud layer over Doğanlı Kale (Phrygian Valley) gives corona to Jupiter, which was closest to the Earth at the time of shooting, and makes it brighter.

360 degree panorama from the Salt Lake, Turkey Moon and Venus conjunction in upper left, a Draconid meteor, Jupiter, Saturn, Andromeda and M33 can be seen altogether. Optolong 2022 Nightscape Competition 1st prize and Chasseir de Nuits PNA 2022 (France) exhibition awards

When both Jupiter and Saturn are about to be in opposition. Haymana, July 2021.

1-hour startrails at METU Science and Technology Museum.

360 degree sky panorama from Salt Lake. The entire zodiac belt glow, including Gegenschein, and the winter milky way can be seen together. This photo was published in the February 2021 issue of the prestigious astronomy magazine Sky&Telescope. October, 2022

The Milky Way arch over the sarcophagi of the ancient Lycian settlement Theimussa. October, 2021

Half Moon, Pleiades and Mars trio. It is a composite image but completely real scene. Pleiades' nebula details have been added from a separate frame. February, 2021.

1-hour startrails at METU Devrim Stadium. December, 2019.

A night from Uludag National Park

Mars, Aldebaran and Pleiades trio is accompanied by comet C/2022 E3 ZTF