An annular solar eclipse will cross over portions of North America this fall
6:41 PM EDT October 10, 2023To view the eclipse, you'll need eye protection. Remember, you're still looking at the sun, even if part of it is blocked! Sunglasses will not suffice - you will need special solar viewers that comply with. These are thousands of times darker than sunglasses. If you look at the eclipse with only a pair of sunglasses, you could have irreversible damage to your eyes, such as the eclipsed sun's image being burned into your retina.
Be careful when choosing your solar viewer - counterfeit ones have been found on sights like Amazon and eBay. You must make sure they are ISO approved or else viewing the eclipse could cause permanent damage to your eyes. Have you run out of time to order solar viewers? You can also view the eclipse indirectly through pinhole or optical projection. Pinhole projection is a way to view the eclipse through shadows and small holes. You can use hole punches, your finger, a pasta strainer, and even the trees! For example, if you look down at the shadows of leaves on the ground during an eclipse, the spaces between the leaves will act as pinhole projectors and show images of the crescent sun.
So, what can we see once we're equipped with proper viewing equipment? The First Coast won't have an annular eclipse, meaning 100% of the moon covers the sun. However, we will have a partial eclipse. At the maximum coverage point, 52.51% of the sun will be blocked by the moon along the First Coast.How the solar eclipse will look at 12:22 p.m. along the First CoastHow the solar eclipse will look at 1:22 p.m. along the First CoastThe eclipse will come to an end at 2:57 p.m.
calls for partly sunny skies with some rain. The First Coast should have breaks in the clouds during the 11:50 a.m. - 2:57 p.m. window to see the eclipse.The October eclipse is an annular eclipse and not a total solar eclipse. What's the difference? An annular eclipse occurs when the moon is at its farthest point in its orbit from Earth , meaning it's size in the sky isn't large enough to completely block the sun.
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