Looking directly at the sun is extremely dangerous for your eyes. Two steps was created to have a safe sun spot watch. The first step is to fit our telescope with a solar filter to prevent the sun's radiation from damaging your eyes and your telescope's lens. The next step is to cut a round hole in a piece of cardboard, which can then be fitted over the lens of the telescope. Set up a white card or piece of paper behind the eyepiece of the telescope, and aim the telescope directly at the sun by moving the telescope until its shadow on the ground is concentrated underneath and not elongated. In this position, the sun should be shining through the telescope's eyepiece onto the white paper.
Friday, May 13, 2011
How can we safely watch sunspots?
Looking directly at the sun is extremely dangerous for your eyes. Two steps was created to have a safe sun spot watch. The first step is to fit our telescope with a solar filter to prevent the sun's radiation from damaging your eyes and your telescope's lens. The next step is to cut a round hole in a piece of cardboard, which can then be fitted over the lens of the telescope. Set up a white card or piece of paper behind the eyepiece of the telescope, and aim the telescope directly at the sun by moving the telescope until its shadow on the ground is concentrated underneath and not elongated. In this position, the sun should be shining through the telescope's eyepiece onto the white paper.
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