Author Archives: Mark Folkerts

The Camp Delany star party at Sun Lakes state park sits nearly under two major flightways, and have airline traffic every few minutes. So a multi-minute exposure will often capture a plane passing through, showing lines for lights constantly on, and … Continue reading →

NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici about 30 million light years away from Earth. This galaxy’s slightly distorted wedge shape gives it the appearance of … Continue reading →

Crepuscular rays over Brothers star party – Three Sisters mountains casting shadows

Evening with dissipating rain showers at star party at Brothers Oregon, 40 miles east of Bend Oregon, in early September 2013

M1 – a supernova remnant, from the supernova seen in the year 1054 and recorded by Chinese court astronomers