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Pinhole Viewer for the Partial Solar Eclipse

Posted by timothy on from the not-the-naked-eye dept.

Jet City Orange writes: "I made a quickie pinhole solar viewer to observe the recent partial solar eclipse. And then I photographed the whole thing with my digital camera. Homebrew astrophotography right here in West Seattle."

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  1. I used a political campaign sign by BusterB · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I was riding my bike with my fiancee around E. Riverside in Austin, TX, and I stopped when we got to the ACC campus golf course, suddenly remembering the eclipse. I found a Jackie Goodman poster in a ditch, tore it in half and poked it through with a pen. Then I projected onto the other half of the sign; horray, the eclipse had just started. She wasn't as impressed as I was after the first minute or so, so she drug me away. Then, we went to Albertsons (they don't have cheap roses this June..what a bummer) and I had to see how far things had progressed. So, I grabbed a sign advertising flowers ($1.99 each, what a rip!), poked it and projected onto the A-frame in front of the store. She was embarrassed, but I got to see 60% coverage!

  2. Re:Thanks for the pics... by chewedtoothpick · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I tried... but it didn't work too well... the gogles were too dark... sorry man :(

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