by zendae » Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:23 pm
johnnydeep wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:54 pm
So, I'm too late to get either solar glasses or other eclipse viewing paraphernalia (I'm only in a 95% totality band anyway), but if I was interested in getting something to use with binoculars in the future, what's the best choice? I know there are specialty "solar-only" binoculars with built-in and usually unremovable solar filters - the "Celeston – EclipSmart Safe" line is one example (*) - but are there cheaper ready-made solar filters you can easily and safely use with regular binoculars?
(*) see
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M8J6UTF
I made a pinhole camera for the 1963 partial eclipse, and while it was a once-removed viewing, it was still fun.
But, my friend and I also decided on something else concurrently (and against my father's orders): we held a candle up to a broken piece of glass, and for so long that it became too black to see anything through. We rubbed it off until we could finally see the event. We still were - ahem - "careful" though: no more than a second or so at a time.
I should have safely absconded with that glass, but alas, dad found it when he returned from work. Well, it was 1963, and dad was a WWII naval officer, so you know what happened next. But it was still worth it lol...
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So, I'm too late to get either solar glasses or other eclipse viewing paraphernalia (I'm only in a 95% totality band anyway), but if I was interested in getting something to use with binoculars in the future, what's the best choice? I know there are specialty "solar-only" binoculars with built-in and usually unremovable solar filters - the "Celeston – EclipSmart Safe" line is one example (*) - but are there cheaper ready-made solar filters you can easily and safely use with regular binoculars?
(*) see https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M8J6UTF
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I made a pinhole camera for the 1963 partial eclipse, and while it was a once-removed viewing, it was still fun.
But, my friend and I also decided on something else concurrently (and against my father's orders): we held a candle up to a broken piece of glass, and for so long that it became too black to see anything through. We rubbed it off until we could finally see the event. We still were - ahem - "careful" though: no more than a second or so at a time.
I should have safely absconded with that glass, but alas, dad found it when he returned from work. Well, it was 1963, and dad was a WWII naval officer, so you know what happened next. But it was still worth it lol...