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Observed April 4th's Lunar Eclipse from the street in Orange County. I set my alarm for 4:15PST and got up to find the moon at about 75% and getting dimmer. Now I know why it is called a "blood moon", it was clearly red. Great observation.

Watched the lunar eclipse. It went completely red around 5am.

I woke up around 4:30 to set up and view the "blood moon". By the time I had finished setting up in my backyard I had about 15 minutes until total eclipse. I took several pictures holding my phone up to the eyepiece. Unfortunately I was not able to get any partial eclipse shots as the moon was too low in the sky. The moon was a distinct hint of red but through the telescope the color was much more prominent.

04/04/15 Lunar Eclipse

Photos were taken using my phone camera, Samsung Galaxy S4. This was my first time taking pictures on the telescope.

Observing conditions: the eclipse began when the moon was ~30 degrees alt, and continued until below the horizon. The sun began to rise, and the moon was no longer visible after a short time through the camera.

Link to album: http://imgur.com/a/2K8Ev#0

Went up to Fremont's peak on Friday to camp out and see this sight. Very clear, especially nice with a wide field 80mm refractor.

Saw a tiny sliver of the eclipse before the moon was too low and the Sun came up.

Milky

Haven't gotten a chance to see it with my new scope since opposition last year.