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Unprocessed view hot off the scope: 50 minutes into lunar eclipse, still in penumbral phase. Now is a good time to look outside :-) 
(I'm in some kind of hell now where I have to adjust the telescope tracking once per minute for the next 5 hours since it is such a tight fit on the sensor)
Hot off the scope: Ten minutes into partial phase. Brightness stretched to more clearly show the circular edge of Earth's core shadow #LunarEclipse
Hot off the scope: Deep in partial phase now. Longer exposure reveals detail in shadow area without excessive glare from lit part #LunarEclipse
Hot off the scope: Center of totality #LunarEclipse
The magnitude 7.65 star visible to the right in above image (HIP 39749) had just emerged from being occulted behind the eclipsed moon.
Hot off the scope: Near end of totality #LunarEclipse
In the previous image you can faintly see another star (mag 8.5) that just reappeared from behind the Moon. This image from an hour ago near start of totality shows the star before it disappeared.
Hot off the scope: Return of the light #LunarEclipse (20 minutes into partial phase)
Hot off the scope: Earth's shadow on the retreat #LunarEclipse (20 minutes before end of partial phase)
Hot off the scope: Midway into penumbral phase #LunarEclipse. Show is mostly over by now, only subtle darkening in lower right corner. Also #Moon at 4° altitude for me now.
External balcony view of this morning's totality with tracking telescope that was sadly photobombed by some blurry astrophotographer. Moon is lined up with Castor and Pollux. 15 second exposure EOS 400D.
A closeup view of this morning's #LunarEclipse around mid-totality. 15 x 4 sec RGB in Celestron 8" + 0.33x reducer.
Animated GIF covering 38 minutes of #LunarEclipse around mid-totality. 54 x 8 x 4 sec RGB in Celestron 8" + 0.33x reducer.
Animated GIF covering the penumbral start phase of today's #LunarEclipse (about 1 hour of real time). 66 x 10 x 2 ms RGB in Celestron 8" + 0.33x reducer.
Animated GIF covering the ingoing partial phase of yesterday's #LunarEclipse (about 1 hour of real time). Short exposure version for detail on illuminated portion. 60 x 10 x 1.5 ms RGB in Celestron 8" + 0.33x reducer.
Animated GIF covering the ingoing partial phase of yesterday's #LunarEclipse (about 1 hour of real time). Long exposure version for detail in shadow region. 46 x 0.5 sec RGB in Celestron 8" + 0.33x reducer.
Animated GIF covering the start of totality for yesterday's #LunarEclipse (about 15 minutes of real time). Includes the lunar impact event (flashing dot to the left) and occultation of the magnitude 8.5 star HIP 39869. 20 x 20 x 1 sec RGB in Celestron 8" + 0.33x reducer.
