![]() See our Reputable Vendors of Solar Filters & Viewers page for a list of manufacturers and authorized dealers of eclipse glasses and handheld solar viewers verified to be compliant with the transmission requirements of the ISO 12312-2 international safety standard for such products. Homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, even very dark ones, are not safe for looking at the Sun they transmit thousands of times too much sunlight. The only safe way to look directly at the uneclipsed, partially eclipsed, or annularly eclipsed Sun is through special-purpose solar filters, such as “eclipse glasses” (example shown at left) or handheld solar viewers. ![]() ![]() To find out whether your home or any other specific location is within the roughly 115-mile-wide path of the April 8, 2024, North American total solar eclipse, see Xavier Jubier's Google Map, which supports zooming in to street level.ĭuring a partial or annular (ring) solar eclipse, such as the one on Octoin the Americas, there is no time when it is safe to look directly at the Sun without using a special-purpose solar filter that complies with the transmission requirements of the ISO 12312-2 international standard. Looking directly at the Sun is unsafe except during the brief total phase ("totality") of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon entirely blocks the Sun’s bright face, which happens only within the narrow path of totality.
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