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The dangers of looking at the sun

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Astrograph
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For those unfamiliar with what happens when you put an eyeball next to the eyepiece of an unfiltered telescope pointed at the sun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9cMXCemoJI&sns=fb

Of course your eyepiece will also suffer.

 
Posted : 25/04/2016 12:45 pm
Andy Sawers
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Thanks for the health warning for the squeamish. I think I'll give this video a miss and just take the "Don't look at the sun" advice at face value.

 
Posted : 25/04/2016 1:53 pm
Brian Blake
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Cooked eye ball yum yum.

 
Posted : 25/04/2016 2:50 pm
Christina Chester
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20 seconds is all it took for smoke to appear! 😱

 
Posted : 05/05/2016 12:16 pm
Brian Blake
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