Yes indeed, the lunar eclipse IS in the wee hours of November 8. I actually took out my tracking mount today to re-learn its operation. It’s not a high-dollar mount, but if it can track well enough for longer exposures, I can avoid extremely high ISO images and the inherent noise that comes with that. With a long lens, the moon moves way too fast for long exposures.
I’m just hoping that the sky is clear that night - I want some good eclipse pictures. Given the timing of the event, I suspect that I’ll most likely have issues with building and such blocking my view as the moon moves out of the eclipsed status.
I hope you have a good evening for viewing! What size telescope do you have?
I retired and it was great to be able to wake up at 2:30 and decide to just go out and see the stars. (And listen to owls calling back and forth.)