Total Lunar Eclipse Next Week

We have a total lunar eclipse occurring in our area next week so I've been preparing for it.  

I decided it would be best to shoot photos of this eclipse through my Explore Scientific APO 102mm refractor telescope.  I'll mount this telescope on my good tracking mount so the telescope will track the moon through the night.  I also decided to use my best camera...  my Sony a7RIIIa.

I set up this combination of equipment in the living room this morning so I could test everything.  I set this up early because I wanted to know if I need any extension tubes to get the camera to focus.  It turns out that I actually needed to remove an extension tube.  It is more convenient to get all of this out of the way before I'm outside in the dark and cold.  

Below is a photo showing the view through this telescope using this camera.  This is the ridge of a mountaintop quite a distance away (2-3 miles away?)...

Unfortunately, all of this is likely an exercise in futility.  The weather forecast is showing nothing but clouds, snow and rain for the next 10 days or more so the chances of us getting a clear night on the night of the eclipse is not likely.  This is normal for our area at this time of year so this isn't a surprise in the least but still a potential disappointment.  Despite the weather forecast, I still needed to get the equipment together just in case.

We'll see what happens next week...