Build Your Own Solar Viewer Device
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 8/19/2017, 5:45 am
I don't have glasses, so I'll be building something. Not sure what yet. Maybe a few things just to be sure. It can be as simple as a piece of paper with a hole in it projecting the sun onto the ground.

BUT DON'T LOOK AT THE SUN!!! And even if you have glasses, make sure they are the proper ones. A lot of fake ones out there.

How to Tell if Your Eclipse Glasses Are Unsafe (and What To Do About It):
https://www.space.com/37698-solar-eclipse-glasses-safety-check.html
https://aas.org/media/press-releases/aas-offers-updated-advice-safely-viewing-solar-eclipse

You can watch it online of course:
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-live-stream

NASA TV - Eclipse Across America
12pm - 4pm EDT
- Live Coverage
- 12 Locations
- Airplanes
- Ground Telescopes
- 57 High Altitude Balloons

NASA EDGE - Live from Carbondale
11:45am - 4:15pm EDT
- Live Coverage
- Scientist Interviews
- Social Media Chat
- Educational Activities
- Telescope Feeds




On to the viewing devices...




The lazy version:

From: https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how

Cereal Box Viewer:
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/EclipseCerealBoxViewer.pdf
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/274548581-story
This one seems easy enough.

Cardboard Box Eclipse Viewer:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cardboard-Box-Eclipse-Viewer/
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/box-pinhole-projector.html
Involves sticking your head in a large box.

Solar Viewing Projector using mounted binoculars:
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/solar-viewing-projector

More complicated things, if you wanted to buy a lens:
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/make-sun-funnel  (one from a telescope)
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/diy-solar-viewer

One with a meter long carbard tubes:
https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/file/Build_a_Solar_Eclipse_Viewer_Handout.pdf
From: https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/build-a-solar-eclipse-viewer/

Or if you are into selfies, print out your state and use it as a viewer:
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/2d3d-printable-pinhole-projectors
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