Ralph Scheriff Jr. Photography

Last 2 photos of Hummingbirds from last September…

Hummer from last September 2025

I found a few Hummingbird pics on my memory card from September…

Male Northern Red Cardinal…from ice storm last week…

Another pic from yesterday morning…

Finch, Cardinal, Bluebird…01-31-2026

A few pics from earlier…

The Triangulum Galaxy (also known as M33) is about 3 million light-years away from Earth. It is the third largest member of the Local Group, or the galaxies that are near our own Milky Way. Triangulum also has a small satellite galaxy of its own, called the Pisces Dwarf Galaxy.
You can distinctly make out the spiral arms which contain the galaxy's most distinctive features are ionized hydrogen clouds, also called H-II regions, which are massive regions of starbirth.

My pic from 01-19-26 ~
1 hour and 25 minutes capture time
512 stacked pics

First time on the Vespera

The Whirlpool Galaxy
It’s been a while since it’s been clear skies and I can actually enjoy some night skies…
A few things about this photo that I took…these 2 galaxies were actually one of my first observations of a galaxy ever, 35 or so years ago…when I first observed it then, in an 8 inch large telescope, it appeared as just 2 gray smudges…that was it. Like 2 monochrome clouds…very little detail and u can barely see that they were connecting…NOW, the detail is incredible….

My pic of these 2 interacting galaxies 31 MILLION light-years away…The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust.

The Whirlpool Galaxy (actually 2 galaxies both M51 & NGC 5195) In the constellation Canes Vernatici, and was the first galaxy classified as a spiral…

The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. Such striking arms are a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies. The Whirlpool galaxy’s spiral arms serve an important purpose: they are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and creating clusters of new stars.
Some astronomers think that the Whirlpool’s arms are particularly prominent because of the effects of a close encounter with NGC 5195, the small, yellowish galaxy at the outermost tip of one of the arms. The compact galaxy appears to be tugging on the arm, the tidal forces from which trigger new star formation. Hubble’s clear view shows that NGC 5195 is passing behind M51. The small galaxy has been gliding past the Whirlpool for hundreds of millions of years.

My pic 01-19-2026 ~
53 minutes Capture time on the Odyssey

The Whirlpool Galaxy
It’s been a while since it’s been clear skies and I can actually enjoy some night skies…
A few things about this photo that I took…these 2 galaxies were actually one of my first observations of a galaxy ever, 35 or so years ago…when I first observed it then, in an 8 inch large telescope, it appeared as just 2 gray smudges…that was it. Like 2 monochrome clouds…very little detail and u can barely see that they were connecting…NOW, the detail is incredible….

My pic of these 2 interacting galaxies 31 MILLION light-years away…The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust.

The Whirlpool Galaxy (actually 2 galaxies both M51 & NGC 5195) In the constellation Canes Vernatici, and was the first galaxy classified as a spiral…

The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy M51 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space. They are actually long lanes of stars and gas laced with dust. Such striking arms are a hallmark of so-called grand-design spiral galaxies. The Whirlpool galaxy’s spiral arms serve an important purpose: they are star-formation factories, compressing hydrogen gas and creating clusters of new stars.
Some astronomers think that the Whirlpool’s arms are particularly prominent because of the effects of a close encounter with NGC 5195, the small, yellowish galaxy at the outermost tip of one of the arms. The compact galaxy appears to be tugging on the arm, the tidal forces from which trigger new star formation. Hubble’s clear view shows that NGC 5195 is passing behind M51. The small galaxy has been gliding past the Whirlpool for hundreds of millions of years.

My pic 01-19-2026 ~
1 hour twenty three minutes capture
622 stacked photos

The New Moon and Cold Chill definitely improved my images this evening! Best pic (I think) ever of JUPITER
Bottom left we have Ganymede, then Callisto, Io, and finally Europa capturing all 4 Galilean moons AND The Great Red Spot with winds over 400 mph…oh, and Jupiter…
My pic 01-19-2026

A little left leaning Christmas Tree…Nebula…
NGC 2264 that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree Cluster. Two other objects are within this designation but not officially included, the Snowflake Cluster and the Fox Fur Nebula. All of the objects are located in the Monoceros constellation and are located about 2,300 light-years from Earth.
It’s been shining for 5 million years” — NASA

1725 stacked pics at 4 hours and 47 minutes Acquisition time
Just a JPEG
My pic 01-01-2026 Flowery Branch, GA