Solar eclipse • Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 • Solar viewer • How Long Solar Eclipse Going To Last
Solar eclipse • Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 • Solar viewer • How Long Solar Eclipse Going To Last
The Solar eclipse will begin in Mexico at about 11:07 a.m. PDT, Monday, April 8 before crossing into Texas at 1:27 p.m. CDT. It will end in Maine at 3:35 p.m. EDT
The longest duration of totality is 4 minutes, 28 seconds, near Torreón, Mexico. Most places along the centerline (path of totality) will see a totality duration between 3.5 and 4 minutes.
Total solar eclipses last anywhere from 10 seconds to about 7.5 minutes. In the span of 12,000 years from 4000 BCE to 8000 CE, the longest total solar eclipse will occur on July 16, 2186, and will last 7 minutes 29 seconds.
Can I look at a solar eclipse?
According to him, staring straight at the sun during an eclipse—or any time—may damage the retina and ocular structures, which can result in permanent blindness or partial vision loss. Damage can be done in as little as a few seconds by staring directly at the sun.
Eye Safety During a Total Solar Eclipse
Except during the brief total phase of a total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing.
Viewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury.
Always use safe solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”) or a portable solar viewer when looking directly at the sun during the partial stages of an eclipse, which occur before and after totality. Regular sunglasses, no matter how black, are inherently insecure when it comes to viewing the Sun. However, eclipse glasses are an exception to this rule. The international standard ISO 12312-2 specifies that safe solar viewers must be hundreds of times darker than regular viewers. There is no specific brand of solar viewer that has NASA’s stamp of approval.
Before each usage, make sure your eclipse glasses or portable viewer are in perfect condition; throw them away if they are cracked, scratched, or otherwise damaged. When utilizing sun viewers, make sure to keep an eye on children.
If you’re wearing eclipse glasses or using a portable solar viewer, you shouldn’t gaze directly at the Sun through a lens of any kind, including cameras, telescopes, binoculars, or any other optical equipment. The intense solar radiation will damage your eyes even if the filters are in place.
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Solar viewer
You can make your own eclipse projector using a cardboard box, a white sheet of paper, tape, scissors, and aluminum foil. With the Sun behind you, sunlight will stream through a pinhole punched into aluminum foil taped over a hole in one side of the box. During the partial phases of a solar eclipse, this will project a crescent Sun onto a white sheet of paper taped to the inside of the box. Look into the box through another hole cut into the box to see the projected image.
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The Sun’s brightness will remain high even during partial, annular, or total eclipse phases. For hours on end, you can be baking in the sun if you get to catch the whole eclipse. To avoid skin damage, remember to wear protective clothing, a hat, and sunscreen.
