I woke up at 3am last Sunday, still disoriented and dizzy. Feeling sleepy, I fought my body's yearning to go back to bed in spite of the urgent whispering in my ear to observe the lunar eclipse happening at that moment. I pulled my telescope out of its storage and dusted off my tripod for immediate set-up. I climbed up to my "viewing deck" only to find out that the moon was well hidden from view. I hurriedly set-up in the living room instead and pointed the telescope out of the window facing the southwest. Just while I was setting-up, Irving texted me to ask if I was awoke and said that he was already seeing the umbra. I replied yes and informed him that I was already imaging the event. I took series of images every half minute until the moon set behind my neighbor's roof.
The following day (Monday), I started to experiment with Photoshop. I combined the series of images I took and selected some to form a sequence of the eclipse. Fortunately, I found Photoshop to be intuitive and came up with the posted picture. Hmmm, I felt satisfied with the result. Wished that I could have joined the others at the UP PAGASA Observatory . . .
