This will act as a mask, to shield the other piece of card from the glare of the Sun. In one of them cut a hole wide enough for you to fit the telescope tube through. Image: Steve Ringwood.Īnother form of projection, but this time using the telescope (or binocular) lens rather than a pinhole, which results in a more defined image. Telescopic projection Projecting the image of the eclipse through your telescope eyepiece and onto a piece of card is one of the safer ways to view the eclipse.
Aside from the safety benefits that this method provides, it is also excellent for showing the eclipse to an audience of people. The projected image will show the crescent of the Sun as the Moon gobbles up its disc. The pinholes project an image of the Sun onto the ground, or you can utilise some kind of screen such as a piece of card, perhaps the inside of a cereal packet. To create a pinhole camera, you can use anything that contains small holes, from a piece of card with a pinhole punched in it, to a colander or even a shower head! The small gaps between the leaves on a tree can also act as a multitude of pinhole cameras, although this method might not be much help for this particular eclipse, given that at the start of spring most of the trees will still be bare. This method carries zero risk, because it does not require you to look at the Sun at all. Pinhole camera The many images of an eclipse seen through the pinholes in a shower head or colander. With that warning in mind, what are the safest ways to view the solar eclipse? NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN WITHOUT DEDICATED SOLAR VIEWING EQUIPMENT. Remember, it is very dangerous to look directly at the Sun with your eyes or through a telescope or binoculars – should you do so, you will risk permanent blindness. However, if you want to see the eclipse in progress, there are ways to observe it safely. Although the eclipse will only be total from the Faroe Islands and Svalbard in the Arctic Ocean, residents of Europe will be able to see a pretty good partial solar eclipse.ĭuring a partial eclipse it will still be daylight, and while you are on your way to work or school you probably will not notice any difference in the lighting conditions. On the morning of Friday 20 March the Sun will move into eclipse while people in the UK are heading to work or school. The entire United Kingdom will be able to see the partial eclipse.
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