Tuesday, June 5, 2012

DIY Solar Filter

My solar film that I ordered from Green Witch arrived today! Just in time for the transit of Venus tomorrow!

So I've bunged together a quick solar filter. There's tons of tutorials online with good directions for making them... The biggest thing is to make sure that there are no holes or damage to the film, as you can do serious damage to your eyesight observing the sun through a telescope.


We've been given about a 90% chance of clouds for the morning, but my alarm is set for 4am, and we're giving it a go anyway!

Fingers firmly crossed!!

2 comments:

  1. How did it go??? I'm dying of curiosity here!!! ;-)

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  2. I'm writing it up! Should post it later on tonight! :)

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