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Planning on watching the solar eclipse? Here are 5 tips for how to watch safely

Regular sunglasses are NOT safe for eclipse viewing.

Balloons reflect in the sunglasses of pilot Michael Glen.

Elizabeth Tucker Elizabeth Tucker Elizabeth Tucker Journal Staff Writer
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The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta will coincide with a spectacular celestial event when the moon's outline will cover the sun, leaving only "a ring of fire" starting shortly after 9 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14.

The American Paper Optics company has shared a list of five safety tips for viewing the eclipse while avoiding damaging your eyes.

5 tips for viewing the solar eclipse in October

Regular sunglasses are NOT safe for eclipse viewing.

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Check to ensure your glasses are ISO and CE Certified and made in the USA.

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It is not safe to use an unfiltered camera, telescope or binoculars to view the sun.

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Never look directly at the sun during any eclipse without proper glasses.

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In April 2024 there will be a total solar eclipse. When that happens it is safe to look at the sun without glasses but only during the totality.

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See solar and lunar eclipses through the years

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Regular sunglasses are NOT safe for eclipse viewing.
Balloons reflect in the sunglasses of pilot Michael Glen.
Check to ensure your glasses are ISO and CE Certified and made in the USA.
Check to make sure your eclipse glasses are ISO and CE Certified. Also, make sure they are made in the USA
It is not safe to use an unfiltered camera, telescope or binoculars to view the sun.
For taking eclipse photos, it's not safe to use an unfiltered camera, telescope, binoculars, etc. There are apps you can download to add solar-eclipse-safe filters.
Never look directly at the sun during any eclipse without proper glasses.
Never look directly at the sun during any eclipse without eclipse glasses.
In April 2024 there will be a total solar eclipse. When that happens it is safe to look at the sun without glasses but only during the totality.
During the total solar eclipse in April 2024, you can view it during the complete darkness without your eclipse glasses on (during Totality). However, the American Academy of Ophthalmology recommends never viewing anything but “Totality” without safe solar eclipse glasses.
Solar eclipses
The solar eclipse near peak shot through cloudy skies from the Academy for Technology and the Classics charter school in Santa Fe, Monday August 21, 2017.
Students at the Academy for Technology and the Classics charter school in Santa Fe watch a solar eclipse through cloudy skies. National School Choice Week, sponsored by the National School Choice Awareness Foundation, takes place each year in the last week of January.
Dr. Arup Das, chief of Ophthalmology at UNM talks about how to safely look at a solar eclipse.
From left, Chris Sanchez uses a welding helmet with Cristina Chavez, center and Nicolette Garcia, right share a pair of eclipse glasses to watch Monday's solar eclipse on Civic Plaza in downtown Albuquerque, photographed on Monday August 21, 2017.
Dolores Sparling, watches the solar eclipse while joining a large group of viewers at the Rio Grande Nature Center on Monday August 21, 2017.
The solar eclipse shot from the Academy for Technology and the Classics charter school in Santa Fe, Monday August 21, 2017.
The partial solar eclipse is projected on a membrane at the end of a oil funnel from the eyepiece of Dee Friesen's 6 inch Orion reflector telescope at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science on Thursday, October 23, 2013. Watching with protective sunglasses are Samantha Abbott, left, and Kristen Newcomer, both of San Marcos, Texas.
Annular solar eclipse, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
Annular solar eclipse, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
Annular solar eclipse, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
Annular solar eclipse, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
Annular solar eclipse, Sunday, May 20, 2012.
LUNAR ECLIPSE
The Moon seen during a lunar eclipse over Albuquerque Jan., 20, 2000.
A Lunar Eclipse
A super blue blood moon hangs over Albuquerque on Wednesday, January 31, 2018. The event is a total lunar eclipse during a blue moon, a second full moon in one month, and a supermoon, when the moon is closest to the earth.
Lunar eclipse captured by NASA.
Stages of the Jan. 31, 2018 super blue blood moon (weather permitting) are depicted in Pacific Time with moonset times for major cities across the U.S., which affect how much of the event viewers will see. While viewers along the East Coast will see only the initial stages of the eclipse before moonset, those in the West and Hawaii will see most or all of the lunar eclipse phases before dawn.
The supermoon lunar eclipse captured over NASA's Glenn Research Center on September 27, 2015.
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