Should you take a photograph? Can you use binoculars? We've got answers. Plus, why this eclipse has special meaning for eclipse scientists and enthusiasts.
If anyone is still looking for certified eclipse glasses, American Paper Optics is shipping FedEx for another day or two it you're a slacker like me. Their website is "eclipse glasses dot com."
(I don't work for them, I get nothing out of recommending them, etc.)
Happy viewing! May the clouds be in your favor! 😎☀️
On a plane right now, headed to Muncie, Indiana, where I have a cousin I can stay with. I watched in Seattle in 2017, but it was only about 94%. Muncie is in the path of totality. Eclipse glasses in my suitcase! Thanks for the viewing tips.
I've been experimenting. The real solar glasses are incredibly dark, the only thing you can see with them is the sun, otherwise they are pitch black. If light is leaking through your solar glasses, they're probably fake.
Also, I didn't see this in your post, if it's there never mind, but from what I'm reading it is extremely dangerous to use unshielded optics like binoculars and telescopes with solar glasses on, because the optic focuses the sun's rays and will melt through your solar glasses. To use binoculars or telescopes or camera lenses you need to shield the lens of the optic with solar film or a filter.
If anyone is still looking for certified eclipse glasses, American Paper Optics is shipping FedEx for another day or two it you're a slacker like me. Their website is "eclipse glasses dot com."
(I don't work for them, I get nothing out of recommending them, etc.)
Happy viewing! May the clouds be in your favor! 😎☀️
On a plane right now, headed to Muncie, Indiana, where I have a cousin I can stay with. I watched in Seattle in 2017, but it was only about 94%. Muncie is in the path of totality. Eclipse glasses in my suitcase! Thanks for the viewing tips.
I've been experimenting. The real solar glasses are incredibly dark, the only thing you can see with them is the sun, otherwise they are pitch black. If light is leaking through your solar glasses, they're probably fake.
Also, I didn't see this in your post, if it's there never mind, but from what I'm reading it is extremely dangerous to use unshielded optics like binoculars and telescopes with solar glasses on, because the optic focuses the sun's rays and will melt through your solar glasses. To use binoculars or telescopes or camera lenses you need to shield the lens of the optic with solar film or a filter.