
Members of the The St. John's Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada will observe individually.
Observing
A number 14 welders glass will do as a filter. Solar Screen mylar is the best
economical filter, while I use a Thousands Oaks filter for small telescope
filtering - gives a pleasing color :) .
CAUTION: Never view the sun without proper adequate filtering. This eclipse may be particularly dangerous for viewing if its partially cloudy on the horizon and you may be thinking its safe to view with binoculars -it isn't. Don't forget that if you use a filter, you also have to filter any direct viewfinder.
A simple observing method (although cumbersome for this elipse, given the
low angle) is to make a pinhole projector. Take a small mirror, tape or
otherwise cover all but a 1/4 inch square area of the mirror surface.
Angle the mirror so that it reflects the sun onto a nearby surface. You'll
have to adjust for the proper distance by experiment, but you'll see an
image of the sun that you can record safely (image size will be about 1
inch for each 10 feet of projection). You can also stick a pencil hole in
an index-sized card and project the image onto a second card a few feet
away.
You'll need at least a 500mm lens for a camera to show a reasonable solar image, I use a 1000mm spotting scope with a solar filter.
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