I went down our road a little bit to see the moonrise first, because the moonrise is always nice to see anyways. Penumbral eclipse was starting at 8:34 PM, so I continued watching it for a bit, but I didn't really notice anything changing yet, so I went back to my house to look for a place to setup my telescope because my normal dark sky site was not good for seeing the Moon in the SE because of the high trees there.
Then I watched the
Weather conditions were not the best I could ask for. There were some thin clouds around throughout the event, but they never completely covered up the moon.
Finally, the partial phases were starting, and I was standing by my telescope, ready to enjoy it. My step-dad came out to join me for a little while, then went back in his house for a bit. My dad was watching the event from his house unaided, which is still good enough for this event, as it can be enjoyed without a telescope. I continued watching from my telescope, taking pictures every couple minutes to show progress to my sister and mom who were out of town at the time. The partial phases progressed over the next hour. At some point, my grandmother was watching from the porch of our house. She doesn't get around too well, so that was good enough for her.
Finally, the most important moment began, totality. My grandmother and my step-dad both came back out to look at it again during that stage, it was very nice and red with one side lighter than the other. I took a few more pictures of it and then went on to some other targets for a bit since totality doesn't really change much and I no longer needed to focus all of my attention on the Moon.
My first target was the double star, Graffias, in Scorpio. It was not to hard to split the pair of stars on this one, but I used the 10mm eyepiece to separate them better. It was a nice pair of stars to see.
My next target since I was in Scorpio already was Jabbah, another double star. It was also a nice pair to see, it was easily resolved into two stars with no problem.
Next, I wanted a brighter target, so I went to Spica in Virgo. There were a few hazy clouds in the sky at the time, so this gave the star a halo around it which looked really neat. That was a nice sight to see.
Next, I moved to Arcturus in Bootes. There were no clouds in that area and since the moon was very dim at that point, it appeared very bright with spikes around it. It was very bright and yellow in appearance like always. Always a nice sight to see.
Next, I moved to Izar in Bootes, this double was very hard to split even with the 10mm eyepiece i could barely separate the individual stars from each other. This was the challenge of the night for sure. The main component was yellow and the companion was really close, so I couldn't tell what its color was, but both were visible.
After that, the eclipse was nearing maximum, so I turned back to the Moon for a little while to take some more pictures and see the maximum myself as well. I went in the house to tell my grandmother and she went back out to the porch to see it during this time. I think she enjoyed the event as well. It was harder to see right at the moment because a hazy cloud was right on top of it, making it even dimmer than it already was, but I still managed to get some decent pictures of it. Then I moved back to the stars for a little while until the receding partial phases started.
My next target was Delta Bootis. Both stars in this pair were clearly yellow in color and both were easily separated from each other. This one was one of the more interesting stars I saw during this time.
My next target was Asellus Secundus in the top of Bootes. It was easy to find being in a triangle with the other two stars sharing the Asellus name. They were easily separated from each other with no problem at all. Another nice double star sighting.
Next, I moved to Asellus Tertius since it was nearby the last target. This double was harder to split apart, but not as hard as Izar. Both components were white in appearance and easy to spot. It was nice to see them.
My last target before the partial phases started again was Asellus Primus. This was not a double, but I figured it was fitting to look at this one since I looked at the other two already.
I did try to find a globular cluster that was near the Moon, but I could not locate it unfortunately. It was
The receding partial eclipse finally started, I was standing there watching it just like I watched the progressing partial eclipse earlier. I took a lot more pictures during this time period. I had to go in for a moment to grab a powerbank for my phone as my battery was at 20% now. That didn't help much though because I continued to lose battery power after that. I continued watching and taking pictures until the partial phases were over and the Moon was back in penumbral eclipse again. At that point, I decided to pack up for the night as it was now 1:00 AM and I was getting a little tired after that long period outside.
That concludes my report everyone, I really had fun out there last night. I hope others got a chance to see the eclipse as well. That was quite the treat. As always, I hope you enjoy reading my report as I have enjoyed writing it for you and I enjoyed all those sights out there last night.
I can post pictures as well if anyone would like to see. I will probably do that anyway later.
Nice you took advantage of the totality duration to pick a few other targets as well 
