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Which solar eclipse glasses are safe & how to DIY? An astronomer explains | Better Get Baquero

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we are a week away from the solar eclipse and there's a lot of people looking for the safest way to view this very rare event today New York's Linda beo shows us some Eclipse I wear in today's better get beo on April 8th a once in a-lifetime event a total solar eclipse the moon passing between the Earth and Sun turning day into night and this time the path of totality will cross New York State just after 300 p.m. but you can see seriously damage your eyes by looking directly at the Sun during a
solar eclipse regular sunglasses and 3D glasses won't cut it we asked astronomer and cuni Professor Emily rice for tips anything that you can pick it up and see through it it's not going to protect your eyes from the Sun she showed us the difference see how the light shines past these sunglass lenses and then look at how these certified eclipse glasses block the light if you look directly at it inside you might be able to see it through oh yeah but totally dark with so much Eclipse eyear availab
le these days what should they look for in a safer Eclipse class yeah the um certification is iso1 12312 D2 she says even if there's a NASA Noah or American Astronomical Society logo make sure to look for the ISO certification too she says the website a.org has a list of vendors so they vetted these vendors you can look for the manufacturer on the back of your glasses usually um and you can check against the list that's on theas website in order to make sure that even if you buy them off Amazon
they're from a good brand rice says you can take a cereal box and make a pinhole viewer for free I put a piece of white paper at the bottom on the inside to make a little bit of a screen and then cut two holes on either side one hole you cover up with aluminum foil and then poke a little pinhole in it the other side you leave open with your back facing the sun aim the pinhole at the sky and so the sunlight will go through the pinhole and create an image of the sun on the bottom of the box and ma
ke a plan now for where you'll watch this eclipse of a lifetime at mcau Honors College on the upper west side Linda beo today in New York

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