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Re: amazon eclipse viewing glasses

Post by Guy » August 17th, 2017, 7:56 am

retired jerry wrote:amazon - abundance of caution

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Sage advise there Jerry, don't worry about the dark spot it will probably go away :)
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Re: amazon eclipse viewing glasses

Post by retired jerry » August 17th, 2017, 8:31 am

they say it sometimes goes away after a couple weeks :)

I like the story about the ophthalmologist that said there were crescent shaped burn spots on the rear of the guys eyeball

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Re: amazon eclipse viewing glasses

Post by Guy » August 17th, 2017, 4:52 pm

I just made a custom pair :)
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Re: amazon eclipse viewing glasses

Post by Splintercat » August 20th, 2017, 6:23 pm

I got the same Amazon message, and briefly tossed my 4-pak of snazzy plastic glasses in the trash... until I discovered that the cardboard versions were bought out in my neck of the wood! So, I searched around bit, and found that the storefront owner that I purchased them from on Amazon is listed here as reputable:

https://eclipse.aas.org/resources/solar-filters

So... given that I can BARELY see a lightbulb through them, and don't plan on counting sunspots tomorrow, I think I'll just use 'em. Me and Jerry can compare retina holes someday...

Tom :D

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Re: amazon eclipse viewing glasses

Post by Splintercat » August 20th, 2017, 6:34 pm

....although when I went to the seller's website, it didn't do a lot to inspire confidence... :lol:

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Re: amazon eclipse viewing glasses

Post by Chazz » August 23rd, 2017, 7:31 am

If you have eclipse glasses that meet the approved standard for viewing, you can recycle them here:

https://astronomerswithoutborders.org/a ... eaway.html

This group is trying to help schoolchildren in South America and Asia for their 2019 eclipse by sending them our own lightly-used specs.

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