SOLAR ECLIPSE TOMORROW MORNING

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Following this month's Lunar eclipse, parts of the world will also be treated to a partial Solar Eclipse this Saturday morning, 29th March.

How much of the Sun that will be eclipsed depends on where you live in the world. The partial eclipse will be visible in it's maximum state in north eastern Canada and Greenland, with the moon covering 93% of the Sun.

To check how much of the eclipse will be visible, what times it will be visible and for more information about this Solar Eclipse, you can check out this handy guide ....
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/mar-29-2025-eclipse/

A more comprehensive list of viewing locations and times is avaiable at the following link,
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2025-march-29

 

If you're interested in reading about future eclipses, you can find information here ....
https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/

 

VERY IMPORTANT SAFFETY INFORMATION
(credits to NASA)

During a partial solar eclipse, it is never safe to look directly at the eclipse without proper eye protection.

When watching a partial solar eclipse directly with your eyes, you must look through safe solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”) or a safe handheld solar viewer at all times. Eclipse glasses are NOT regular sunglasses; regular sunglasses, no matter how dark, are not safe for viewing the Sun. Safe solar viewers are thousands of times darker and ought to comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard. NASA does not approve any particular brand of solar viewers.

Do NOT look at the Sun through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will burn through the filter and cause serious eye injury. A special-purpose solar filter must be attached to the front of any telescope, binoculars, camera lens, or other optics to observe the Sun safely. 

If you don’t have eclipse glasses or a handheld solar viewer, you can use an indirect viewing method, which does not involve looking directly at the Sun. One way is to use a pinhole projector, which has a small opening (for example, a hole punched in an index card) and projects an image of the Sun onto a nearby surface. With the Sun at your back, you can then safely view the projected image. Do NOT look at the Sun through the pinhole! Leaves on trees act as natural pinholes, projecting the shape of the eclipse onto the surface beneath them.

Edited Friday at 06:06 PM by NR_Daddy