Lunar Eclipse March 2026

I have a roughly 8″ Dobsonian telescope that I will occasionally try to capture significant celestial events. On an impulse while laying in bed, I decided that I couldn’t miss the 2026 Lunar Eclipse without something to show for it. Eclipses are cool enough to warrant losing the sleep but this time I decided to try my hand at learning a workflow for capturing and stitching the images together. My telescope is not actuated so I know that I am leaving resolution on the table- but the two photos below show my attempt to stitch together two moments during the early morning eclipse: 1) At the start of the eclipse (roughly 3 AM my time) when the shadow of the earth just started to catch the moon and 2) later when the entire moon was eclipsed. I clearly have some learning to do when it comes to dialing in the exposure and synchronization but I’m proud of the result nonetheless.