Another thing you can do with eclipse glasses is use them as a lens filter, provided you've got a small enough lens so that it can cover the whole thing, and use them to take photos of the full disc of the sun. With a bit of tinkering with camera settings you can actually get faint detail of sun spots!
Oh wow, in 2028 there's going to be one over Sydney:
Also, next year in Adelaide I might juuust catch a glimpse of whatever this is:
Last edited by G'day Mate; August 15th, 2017 at 06:34 PM.
I actually have an oversized solar filter that doesn't fit my telescope, go figure.
There's two coming up that will go right over my house!
One in 2037:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoog...13Tgoogle.html
And one in 2093:
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoog...27Tgoogle.html
That Sydney one also looks like it goes right over my city here in NZ.
One day left! I was looking at a site that tracks the eclipse based on location and saw that it'll be a 70% partial eclipse from our vantage point. I thought it was 30%. So it'll be a decent show.
I never got around to getting eclipse glasses...though I did make a half-assed attempt today, walking into Walmart and Lowes, but no luck. Guess I'll have to use the smartphone.
Heavy duty welding goggles can work. I'm not sure of the minimum rating needed but if you've got some laying around you might be in luck. But make sure they exceed the minimum required!