Protect your eyes while watching solar eclipses If you are lucky
enough to be able to see a solar eclipse, you should make sure
you protect your eyes and never look directly at the sun without
proper protection. This is because the sun’s photosphere emits
intense infrared and ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Just as UV
radiation causes sunburn to skin, it can also damage the retinas
in the eyes, but much more quickly than skin burn. Our eyes can
suffer permanent damage if they are exposed to direct sunlight
for even just a few seconds. We highly recommend wearing
protective eyewear to safely observe any eclipse. The only way
to view the uneclipsed or partially eclipsed sun safely is to
either project or filter the solar photosphere’s rays. One safe
way to view the sun is to project its image onto a screen, like
normal white paper or cardboard. Projection works well with or
without a telescope or binoculars. However, you must never look
through the telescope’s eyepiece or side-mounted finder scope
when aiming a tel