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08-12-2017 10:57 AM
@Cakers3,I think you meant to address your post to @gidgetgh. The glasses I bought were from American Paper Optics which are approved.
I don't know if Amazon has gotten all of the non-approved offers taken down but a quick scan of the listings for "eclipse glasses" just returns approved glasses.
08-12-2017 10:59 AM
@Marp wrote:@Cakers3,I think you meant to address your post to @gidgetgh. The glasses I bought were from American Paper Optics which are approved.
I don't know if Amazon has gotten all of the non-approved offers taken down but a quick scan of the listings for "eclipse glasses" just returns approved glasses.
@Marp Oops sorry. Didn't have enough coffee I guess.
@gidgetgh Were the glasses you bought removed from Amazon's website?
08-12-2017 11:19 AM - edited 08-12-2017 11:20 AM
I think one of our local TV stations is going to show the actual sun being eclipsed in a live broadcast. They have some sort of special camera to do this. So I will be viewing it this way. I feel safer with this than with wearing any pair of special eyewear.
08-12-2017 11:59 AM
Amazon has great customer service! I ordered glasses, manufactured by Lunt, one of the NASA approved manufacturers. I have read that you should look at a bright light with the glasses and not be able to see anything and these glasses passed the test! They have the correct ISO number so I think we are good to watch!
08-12-2017 12:07 PM
Saw them but I was leary. There are so many fakes out there and so many that don't meet Nasa's standard that I didn't take the change. The fakes all say they meet they standards but many of them really don't. I was on the Nasa sight for little while yesterday, checked out approved list but the ones I saw were selling them in blocks or 100. I plan to go back and look again, I have more time today.
08-12-2017 12:35 PM
@SilleeMee wrote:I think one of our local TV stations is going to show the actual sun being eclipsed in a live broadcast. They have some sort of special camera to do this. So I will be viewing it this way. I feel safer with this than with wearing any pair of special eyewear.
@SilleeMee would you mind posting the call letters/name of your local station as I would love to watch too . . .
08-12-2017 01:06 PM
I got 5 pairs of approved glasses free at my local library - check yours.
08-12-2017 01:16 PM
@momtochloe wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:I think one of our local TV stations is going to show the actual sun being eclipsed in a live broadcast. They have some sort of special camera to do this. So I will be viewing it this way. I feel safer with this than with wearing any pair of special eyewear.
@SilleeMee would you mind posting the call letters/name of your local station as I would love to watch too . . .
my guess is is that MANY of the major stations nationwide (and cable stations) will be covering this. i know our local stations will be....they have been advertising it. we are going to have about 80% coverage of the sun here. On the east coast, the eclipse will start a little after 1 p.m. and reach totality just before 3 p.m.
08-12-2017 01:30 PM
@momtochloe wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:I think one of our local TV stations is going to show the actual sun being eclipsed in a live broadcast. They have some sort of special camera to do this. So I will be viewing it this way. I feel safer with this than with wearing any pair of special eyewear.
@SilleeMee would you mind posting the call letters/name of your local station as I would love to watch too . . .
There will be many stations airing this eclipse. One is the NASA Livestream on YouTube. This particular NASA one is set to be a 4-hour event of the live event.
Go to: eclipse2017 dot nasa dot gov/eclipse-live-stream
You will see a choice of options of where it can be viewed..."Ways to Watch"
08-12-2017 01:34 PM
@SilleeMee wrote:
@momtochloe wrote:
@SilleeMee wrote:I think one of our local TV stations is going to show the actual sun being eclipsed in a live broadcast. They have some sort of special camera to do this. So I will be viewing it this way. I feel safer with this than with wearing any pair of special eyewear.
@SilleeMee would you mind posting the call letters/name of your local station as I would love to watch too . . .
There will be many stations airing this eclipse. One is the NASA Livestream on YouTube. This particular NASA one is set to be a 4-hour event of the live event.
Go to: eclipse2017 dot nasa dot gov/eclipse-live-stream
You will see a choice of options of where it can be viewed..."Ways to Watch"
Oh excellent, thank you so much @SilleeMee as it didn't even dawn on me that NASA would be all over this (duh!) . . . again thanks for the help as I am old enough to remember walking home from grade school with my hands covering as much as my eyes as possible and my worried mom waiting for me to get home . . . .
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