Based on early survey results showing many campus members still needed Eclipse glasses (and that LOTS & LOTS OF YOU ARE COMING TO THE STUDENT CENTER LAWN CELEBRATION!), Clarkson has obtained additional glasses to give out on Monday, April 8. So that these are ready for you, please register at this link and pick up your glasses at our Information Table in the Student Center between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM on Monday, April 8. If you have any questions, please reach out to community@clarkson.edu.
We will also be collecting solar glasses after the eclipse to donate them to Astronomers Without Borders, which is an organization that redistributes them worldwide for future eclipses and saves on items going into the landfill that could be repurposed.
NASA Safety Tips
The partial solar eclipse in Potsdam will begin at approximately 2:11 pm. The total solar eclipse will begin at 3:24 pm and end at 3:27 pm. As the moon’s shadow begins to depart, the partial eclipse will end at approximately 4:35 pm.
As stated on the NASA website, except during the brief 3 minutes of the total solar eclipse, when the Moon completely blocks the Sun’s bright face, it is not safe to look directly at the Sun.
When watching the partial phases of the solar eclipse, you must look through safe solar viewing glasses (“eclipse glasses”). Eclipse glasses are NOT regular sunglasses; regular sunglasses, no matter how dark, are not safe for viewing the Sun.
Additionally, viewing any part of the bright Sun through a camera lens, binoculars, or a telescope without a special-purpose solar filter secured over the front of the optics will instantly cause severe eye injury. NASA website https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/safety/
