Solar Eclipse

[mallyh]

well i won't be able to watch it couldn't find any glasses.i'm sure when i went to school many moons ago we made them from sweet wrappers but i could be getting confused .

[bookbinder]

A safe way to watch (I've done this) is as follows:
You need a pair of binoculars and a piece of white card.
Sit with your back to the sun. Hold the binoculars the 'wrong way' round, with the large lens pointing back, over your shoulder, towards the sun. You can now focus the sun's disc on your card, and you can watch the moon creeping over the sun on the card.

[trt]

Has it been and gone?

[Prudie]

I seem to remember from school we had to hold a piece of glass over a flame so it got covered in soot or something and went all dark and smoky.

[Gavmacp]

What time is this happening?

[Mamyalynne]

Some timings here...



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/solar-eclipse-2015-uk-time-when-is-the-uk-eclipse-10119155.html

[mallyh]

tomorrow morning about 8.30 i think

[tonyav]

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/countdown-to-eclipse-eerie-darkness-to-cover-uk/ar-BBipDoU

[EDDIE51]

Starts about 8.30am, peak is 9.30 over by 11.
85% of the Sun covered in London , 98% in the far North of Scotland.

[trt]

Just seen on the TV news that you can use a kitchen colander to see it.

[douglas9401]

trt, I think that might strain your eyes.

[chaptazbru2]

Clouds are forecast in the NW for tomorrow unfortunately !

[netibiza]

We did as Prudie says, smoked glass!

[mallyh]

netibiza have you seen it already ?.i saw on tv the other night not to use anything but special glasses to look directly at it so if we see it ,cloud permitting, i'll go with the reverse binoculars x

[Eve]

I haven't got any glasses either, sure there were loads about back in 1999 for the last full eclipse.

I heard you can't watch it via a camera screen/phone camera but can't work out why this could damage your eyes unless you are literally looking straight at it but with the screen in front which won't block it out, would it work if not looking towards the sun directly? I'm starting to see the problem with this though haha!

Am waiting on a medication delivery and a boilerman coming and hoping they don't appear around that time so I miss it.

[naomi24]

trt, don't watch it directly through the holes of the colander - direct the light through the colander onto a sheet of paper or a wall.

[EDDIE51]

All a bit theoretical as it is dull and heavily overcast here ,not a hope of seeing anything apart from it getting darker.

[Maydup]

Thick, thick cloud here to protect our eyes! East Anglia.

[EDDIE51]

Anyone got a clear sky and a chance of seeing it? I hear Scotland has a better chance.

[mazie]

it's beautiful sunshine here in NW Leicestershire Eddie

[EDDIE51]

thanks mazie but still too far to travel I'm in north Hertfordshire.