A rare Blood Moon eclipse played out last night, peaking in the middle of night. If you opted not to stay up, or want another look, we have you covered. MLive multimedia specialist Santino Mattioli used a telescope in his backyard to capture an incredible video of the astrological event.

A phenomena happened across the night sky Thursday night into Friday morning. According to Merriam-Webster's dictionary, a "blood moon" is defined as "a full moon that coincides with a full lunar eclipse and that has an unusually reddish appearance".