5 Tips For Viewing The 2017 Eclipse
4 min readAug 7, 2017
Keep your eyes safe with these 2017 Eclipse tips! Enjoy!
Aug. 21, 2017 the moon will move between the sun creating a full-solar eclipse visible in the United States.
As the solar eclipse cuts diagonally across the United States, make sure you have the correct viewing equipment and know when to be outside.
Only certain areas in the United States will experience the full-solar eclipse: Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
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It doesn’t matter if you’re able to see a full-solar eclipse or only a partial, you will not want to miss this! A total solar eclipse over North America will not happen again until April 8, 2024.
Here are five tips to help protect you and make sure you get the most out of your viewing experience. Enjoy!
Tip #5 Use Special Eclipse Glasses
Save your eyes! You wouldn’t look directly at the sun during the middle of the day, so don’t do it on August 21st. Regular sun glasses, even very dark lenses, will not replace the special glasses needed.
Find Celestron ISO Certified eclipse glasses on Amazon here.
Tip#4 Use a Eclipse Hand-Held Viewer
Don’t want to wear nerdy eclipse glasses? Get the cooler hand-held viewer! No one will catch you safely gazing at the magnificent full-eclipse in the sky with this! OR if you wear glasses this can be a nice way to safely see the eclipse without having to double down on the eye-wear. Plus, it’s easily tucked into pockets. Make sure to buy CE certified to filter out the harmful light from the Sun!
Tip #3 Build a Pinhole Camera
Another method for a safe and enjoyable viewing is to build a pinhole projector. Creating a small hole with a pen or pencil in a piece of paper allows sunlight to stream through onto a makeshift screen, such as a piece of paper on the ground. Make sure to bring extra paper or cardboard when making the projector so it doesn’t end up another Expectations vs. Reality meme! Avoid mistakes by following NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)’s step by step instructions here.
DO NOT look at the Sun through the pinhole!
Tip #2 Buy a 4K TV
Unfortunately, the majority of the United States will not get to experience the full eclipse. If you can’t view it live… do it the second best way: 4K pictures and video on your television!
If you don’t live in one of the States listed above, don’t worry, this is a historic event and there will be hundreds of 4k-high-definition videos and pictures of the full eclipse.
Prepare for a flood of eclipse pictures on your timelines followed by complaints about how many pictures of the eclipse there are on your timeline. If you don’t have a 4K TV yet, you still have time to use two-day shipping from Amazon Prime. Quick, go and buy one now so you can watch all of the awesome HD and 4K professional videos of eclipse!
#1 Find out what time you can view it
Make sure you are outside at the right time! Check out the video above to find out when you need to be outside!
*Bonus* Check out this interesting “Total Solar Eclipse” infographic by the World Sciences Festival below.
Check out NASA’s website for more resources about the eclipse here:
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“The Venus transit is not a spectacle the way a total solar eclipse is a spectacle.”- Neil deGrasse Tyson
