Not only was February 20th the evening of a total lunar eclipse, it also happened to be my mother's birthday. My family and I went to her house for a quiet celebration of lemon cake, vanilla ice cream, and pleasant conversation. We joked a bit about how we got mom an eclipse for her day. After a while we got curious enough to look out of the appropriate window to see how things were progressing. Since it was an early evening celebration, we didn't see much until we left for home.
The above picture was taken before totality, with the moon mostly in the earth's shadow. This was taken from my front yard looking east, with my digital camera on a tripod. My original plan was to take a few exposures at 15 minute intervals, but the bone chilling cold changed my mind. If it was above 10 degrees, it wasn't by much.
My digital camera wasn't designed with astrophotography in mind, so this was an experiment. The results were pretty much what I expected...not great, but okay considering what I had to work with.
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